
Betrayed
Genre: Drama
Length: 1 X 102
Directed
by Gemini Award winning director Anne Wheeler
(The Investigation, Better Than Chocolate),
Betrayed stars Kari Matchett
(Men With Brooms, Power Play) as Judy, a
recently divorced young mother who returns to her hometown
and her to father Doug(Michael Hogan –
Scorn, Marine Life), the town’s water
manager. However, Judy’s new job as a nurse’s
aid soon plunges her into the horror of a deadly epidemic
and she must struggle to uncover its true source – at
any cost.
The picture
also stars Janet Wright (Corner Gas, The Perfect Storm)
as Dr.Fleming and Robert Moloney (Prairie Giant, The Dead
Zone) as Doug's hapless assistant.
Set in
the Canadian prairie, Betrayed is
the story of a town suffering from an outbreak of severe water
contamination. The fictional town under attack stands in for
communities next door and around the world. Inspired by events
in communities in Canada and abroad, Betrayed
focuses on an issue that is becoming increasingly important
to people everywhere: the safety of food sources and drinking
water.
Betrayed
is produced by Saskatchewan-based Minds Eye Entertainment
and Barna-Alper Productions of Toronto and was first broadcast
on CBC Television in 2003.
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