Secret Cutting
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Norma Bailey
Sean Young
Kimberlee Peterson
Robert Wisden
Taylor Stanley
Cody Serpa
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Synopsis
Dawn Cottrell is a 16-year-old girl who tries to please others, but in so doing, denies her own feelings. She constantly struggles to fit, both at school and in her private life, but is unsuccessful. At home Dawn does her best to placate her overbearing mother, Joyce, while trying to gain the simplest affections of her passive father, Russell. Dawn suppresses her feelings and self-loathing so deeply and for so long that her only emotional release is to cause herself physical pain -- by secretly cutting and burning her body.
After a series of dangerous self-injury incidents, Dawn is finally convinced that she needs outside help and agrees to meet with specialist Dr. Parella. Dawn eventually realizes that Dr. Parella seems to understand the torment of her volatile and painful inner world. With the help of Dr. Parella, Dawn finally begins to see that there is hope to overcome her illness as she learns how to express her feelings through words, instead of by injuring herself.
Director
Norma Bailey
Cast
Sean Young
Kimberlee Peterson
Robert Wisden
Taylor Stanley
Cody Serpa
Rhea Perlman
Kett Turton
Crystal Buble
Jennifer Pudavick
Malina Adams
Rosemary Dunsmore
Caley Gibson
Seun Olagunju
John Bluethner
Sharon Bajer
Spencer Duncanson
Matthew Powell
Su Chien
Crew
Gary Alexander
James Alexander
Carrie G. Arsenault
Alan Barager
Megan Basabara
John Bekavac
Richard Berman
Ryan Berzuk
Aurli Bokovza
Jessie Burns
Bill Carruch
Bette Chadwick
Sharon Cicero
John Clarke
John Clarke
Ronnie Clemmer
Rick Constantineau
Rick Constantineau
Charles Crossin
Cary Davies
Diana Davison
Victor Dobchuk
Brooklyn Drabot
Michael Drabot
Wanda Fanian
Richard Findlay
David Frazee
Mark Gebel
Rebecca Gibson
Susan Glicksman
Juliette Hagopian
Bruce Hanifan
Robert L Harman
Jim Heber
Tim Jansen
Leon Johnson
Joseph Kleinman
Jay Kohne
Richard Kughn
Ryan Kulbaba
Debbie Kuzina
David Lapp
Scott Layton
Ron Leach
Reginald Leblanc
Steven Levenkron
Steven Levenkron
Robert Lower
Anita Lubosch
Alistair Macrae
Linda Madden
Steve Madden
Gregory Maxey
Jodene Mcnarland
Doug Morrow
Ronaldo Nacionales
Dennis Nemec
Dennis Nemec
Laura Neufeld
Fran Orenstein
Bill Pace
Phillipe Pelu
David Perich
Len Peterson
Michelle Romeo
Rob Rowan
Brian Schlichter
Sheri Sedlik
Laura Souter
Marc Stephenson
Cliff Sumter
Robin Swiderski
David C Thomas
Arjanette Tomac
Carey Toner
Garry Trosky
Ralph Walker
Robert Webber
Marla A White
Roger Wiebe
Gordon Wilding
Geri Woods
Geri Woods
Greg Zielinski
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States May 30, 2000
Previous title: "Delicate Cutting."
