Who Will Love My Children? (1983)
Directed by John Erman
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Biopic [feature], Docudrama |
Release Date - Feb 13, 1983 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 100 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Ann-Margret is beyond praise in her TV movie debut as the real-life Lucile Frey. A poor, minimally educated rural Iowa mother, Lucile learns on the occasion of the birth of her tenth child in 1952 that she is dying of cancer. Reasoning that her husband (Frederic Forest) is not responsible enough to take care of her children on his own, Lucile takes upon herself the task of finding suitable foster parents for her soon-to-be motherless brood. Not as depressing as it might have been, Who Will Love My Children? closes with the implication that Lucile's children were able to retain their family ties even after being separated for 29 years. The real-life Frey children were showcased the same evening that Who Will Love My Children premiered (February 15, 1983) on an installment of the ABC TV series That's Incredible.
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cancer, patient [medical], adoption, child, death, family, family-illness, farming, love, mother, provider, sacrifice-for-family, self-sacrifice, terminal-illness, wife, will [document], woman