16-04-2024, 08:33 AM
(15-04-2024, 07:12 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: It was heartbreaking; poor little souls. But it was extremely carefully done & the acting was excellent. It worked well; I think the writer/director made the comment that you wouldn't have got the same impression from the survivors just telling of their experiences, but the young actors helped give a stronger impression of their youth & vulnerability.
I still blubbed a bit all the same, I hope it never happens again but we're humans & far from perfect.
It was so well put together. I could hardly bear to watch some parts, but I think it's important to bear witness to these dreadful facts. My mother's best friend's son was a boarder at Dilworth in the 60s; we knew nothing of the abuse there but he left at 15, ran away to Queensland and went totally off the rails until he died of drink and drugs.