Butterbox Babies details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
|---|---|
| Starring: | Nicholas Campbell, Cedric Smith, Michael Riley, Catherine Fitch, Peter MacNeill, Susan Clark |
| Director: | Don McBrearty |
| Genre: | Drama - General |
| Studio: | SULLIVAN ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE LTD |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
Butterbox Babies |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 34 minutes |
|---|---|
| Rental release: | 02 Jun 2003 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Dubbed: | French, Spanish |
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Butterbox Babies
By martin weston from Essex, England , 12 Jun 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
A harrowing true story, sad and disturbing that this really happened. A greedy midwife Lila Young (Susan Clark) entitles herself as obstetrician and receives single mothers for discrete childbirth and further adoption of the baby. Many years later, it was revealed that she charged the women for the birth and charge the candidates high amounts for the adoption. The babies not adopted were put together with the sick ones to die and buried in wooden boxes of butter in a clandestine cemetery. These events really happened in a location close to Halifax, in Canada, in a period along the Second World War. All the cast has an outstanding performance, but Susan Clark is perfect. The community has accepted her job, and the story does not show Lila only as a greed woman, but also as a deranged woman believing in the importance of her assignment and using the name of God to justify it. Although being excellent, this disturbing story is not indicated for all audiences.- Was this review helpful to you?
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By gemma potticary from colchester , 02 Nov 2006fantastically done to cover such a sick and disturbing true story with such tact and showing the audience the truama and sadness without using sick images and graphic scenes! a true master piece- Was this review helpful to you?
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By a customer from Uk , 31 Jul 2006Well worth renting I thought it was fantasticccccccc- Was this review helpful to you?
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Butterbox Babies
By martin weston from Essex, England , 12 Jun 2005A harrowing true story, sad and disturbing that this really happened. A greedy midwife Lila Young (Susan Clark) entitles herself as obstetrician and receives single mothers for discrete childbirth and further adoption of the baby. Many years later, it was revealed that she charged the women for the birth and charge the candidates high amounts for the adoption. The babies not adopted were put together with the sick ones to die and buried in wooden boxes of butter in a clandestine cemetery. These events really happened in a location close to Halifax, in Canada, in a period along the Second World War. All the cast has an outstanding performance, but Susan Clark is perfect. The community has accepted her job, and the story does not show Lila only as a greed woman, but also as a deranged woman believing in the importance of her assignment and using the name of God to justify it. Although being excellent, this disturbing story is not indicated for all audiences.- Was this review helpful to you?
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