Mending Michael

Traumatised by horrific experiences in Vietnam,

Michael Johnston is repatriated to Australia and

placed in a psychiatric ward. Eventually discharged

into an uncaring world, the disenchanted soldier

descends into acute depression.

To escape city pressures, Michael finds work on a

cattle property. There he is coerced into partnering

local girl Sarah to the Annual Ball, but an alcoholic

binge causes him to b...