
21 Feb 2014

Stray Dogs
An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross paths with a lonely grocery clerk who might help them make a better life.
Cathy and Reg are a couple with three young children, who find their life spiralling into poverty when Reg loses his well-paid job. Gripping and emotional, Cathy Come Home remains a truly ground-breaking piece of dramatic fiction, engaging viewers with social issues, such as homelessness, unemployment and the rights of mothers to keep their own children.
Cathy Ward
Reg Ward
Grandad
Eileen
Mrs. Ward
Johnny
Wedding Guest
Property Agent
Welfare Officer
Mrs. Alley
Mr. Hodge
Rent Collector
Man at Eviction
Judge
Housing Officer
Landlady
Health Inspector
Ratepayer
21 Feb 2014
An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross paths with a lonely grocery clerk who might help them make a better life.
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No overview found
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