Nobody's Child
When nobody could help her, she helped herself
100 mins
Fact-based drama about the life of Marie Balter, who spent most of her young life in mental institutions. At age 16, she first attempted suicide and the next 20 years she spent in and out of the institutions. At last, a caring doctor started treating her for extreme depression and panic disorder. Weened from strong medications she had taken all her life, at age 36, she emerged for the last time and started a rehabilitation program in the home of a volunteer married couple. There she met a fellow patient with whom she developed a romantic relationship. She also started a college degree. This followed with a long-term professional success in the field of mental health.
Vanessa Santos
Little Marie
Donna Ford
Marie at 16
Stefania DeStefanis
Ma Bartello
Joseph Golland
Dr. Potts
Don MacKay
Dr. Baldanza
Milton Justice
Co-Producer
Mary Calquhoun
Casting
Sid Kozak
Casting
Justis Greene
Production Manager
Karen Robyn
Second Assistant Director
T. W. Peacocke
Third Assistant Director
Jean Bereziuk
Script Supervisor
Claude Hazanavicius
Sound Mixer
Colleen Nystedt
Location Manager
Cindy Kaplan Rooney
Associate Editor
Jack Cooley
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ron Kalish
Sound Editor
Magdaline Volaitis
Sound Editor
Robert Warmflash
Post Production Supervisor
Stacy Williams
Executive In Charge Of Production
Ara Watson
Writer
Michael Small
Original Music Composer
Keith Hein
Production Design
Della Mae Johnston
Set Decoration
Linda Vipond
Set Decoration
Carol Oditz
Costume Design
Donna Bis
Hairstylist
Linda A. Brown
Makeup Artist
E. Thomas Case
Makeup Artist
Jo-Anne Smith-Ojeil
Assistant Makeup Artist
Toni-Ann Walker
Hairstylist