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Featuring:
Rena Owen, John Bach, Emily Barclay
Written by:
Fiona Samuel
Directed by:
Fiona Samuel
Release Date:
November 26, 2009
Original Title:
Piece of My Heart
Genres:
Drama
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
Adapted from Renee's 1995 novel Does This Make Sense to You?, the TV movie lays bare the pain caused by forced adoptions inflicted on unwed and teenage mothers in 1950s and 60s Aotearoa
Piece Of My Heart is a drama about reconciliation. Reconciliation between the present and the past, between a mother and her child, between a husband and a wife. Flora Thornley has been in hiding for most of her life. In 1968 when she was 17, Flora had a daughter and gave her up for adoption. She has never told anyone, including her husband and two grown sons. But now, she has contacted her daughter for the first time and gets a brutal rejection letter in reply.
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