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Face Value - Her New Life
Television (Full Length) – 1995
Written by Fiona Samuel, Face Value was a trilogy of monologues by three women with different stories to tell but who all share a quest for inner happiness. Ginette McDonald plays Steph, the pampered wife of a wealthy advertising executive in Her New Life. The action centres on Steph’s preparations for a friend’s daughter’s wedding while her husband is away on a business trip. The script cleverly subverts viewer expectations; and McDonald's performance delivers a fair dose of pathos from it. Her New Life was a finalist at the Banff and New York TV Festivals.
I didn't know it was going to end the way it did, which is quite unusual for me.– Writer/director Fiona Samuel, on her script for Her New Life
Key Cast & Crew
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Produced by
Kotuku Productions
Acknowledgements
Made with funding from NZ On Air
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