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Dance Me to My Song (1998)

play Coarse language – medium
clip 'At least I'm better off than you'

Original classification rating: M. This clip chosen to be M

Clip description

Madelaine (Joey Kennedy) starts feeding Julia (Heather Rose). She is so busy talking to Julia about her problems in attracting a reliable boyfriend that she doesn’t notice she is feeding Julia too fast. When Julia chokes on the food and spits some of it in her face, Madelaine loses her temper and swears at her before running out in a huff.

Curator’s notes

The combative nature of the relationship between Madelaine and Julia becomes all too clear here. Madelaine has too much impatience to be a good carer. She’s too caught up in her own problems to even notice or care – until Julia coughs her food up.