Exchange and Divide

Exchange and Divide

49 mins | Drama, Documentary | Jan. 1, 1980

A marital breakdown is brought to life through a mixture of dramatisation, monologue, montage and animation. Through the perspectives of the husband, the lawyer, the couple’s parents and their “home help”, a picture emerges of the transactional nature and economic fall-out of marriage, along with issues of class and gender politics affecting single mothers.

Exchange and Divide

49 mins | Drama, Documentary | Jan. 1, 1980

Exchange and Divide
A marital breakdown is brought to life through a mixture of dramatisation, monologue, montage and animation. Through the perspectives of the husband, the lawyer, the couple’s parents and their “home help”, a picture emerges of the transactional nature and economic fall-out of marriage, along with issues of class and gender politics affecting single mothers.
Producers
Original title Exchange and Divide
Directors Margaret Dickinson
Writers David Lan, Margaret Dickinson

Cast

James Hazeldine

as Kenneth Carr

Anna Mottram

as Eva Carr

Stuart Barren

as Solicitor

Annette Robertson

as Mrs. Benson

Betty Alberge

as Mrs. Carr

Charles Simon

as Mr. Carr

Martin Wyldeck

as Mr. Pearce

Yvonne Coulette

as Mrs. Pearce

Suzan Crowley

as Secretary