Clip description
Kate visits a volunteer organisation to get help to locate her birth parents. Barry (Nick Enright) explains why there is so much secrecy around the details of adoption.
Curator’s notes
This is an important moment in the film where Kate tries to articulate why she wants to find her natural parents, and where she is first confronted with the possibility that her mother may not want to be found. This scene opens up some of the issues of adoption, from both the child’s point of view and that of relinquishing parents. It also is the first time Kate has ventured into the western suburbs and the Kelly family’s cottage is a stark contrast to her family’s elegant harbourside apartment.