Based on true events, Margaret Humphreys was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1993, and awarded Commander of the British Empire in 2011 for her work.
Margaret Humphreys was 42 years old in 1986. Emily Watson was also 42 years old while filming as Margaret in 2009.
Source author Margaret Humphreys was awarded the CBE in the 2011 Honours List for her services to Disadvantaged People.
This film was made and first released about sixteen years years after its source book "Empty Cradles" by Margaret Humphreys had been first published in 1994.
Debut theatrical feature film directed by director Jim Loach.