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An Alberta small-town police chief officially finds no suspect in the bloody stabbing to death of 'working girl' Jane McGill. Her daughters are adopted two years later, trough his friend Alvin, by a London couple who don't qualify yet for a correct procedure. Grace, the eldest, behaves viciously to Tess Palmer, who gave up her psychotherapist job to become their full-time mother, yet as sweetly as her little sister to new father Alfie Palmer, a struggling entrepreneur, but aggressively too toward his son Charlie, from an earlier marriage, and his grandmother. Whe the strain on the marriage becomes unbearable, Tess takes Grace to Alberta to examine suspicions about a dark past arisen during written overseas contacts.

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    • Author: Quphagie
    This Is a gripping story that will have you glued to the screen. A couple decide to adopt there family through a illegal agency , after trying desperately for children of there own for a long time. But they have bitten off more than can chew when they discover the young children's mother was murdered The eldest of the children witnessed the whole thing and is seriously disturbed by whats happened, The adopted mum actually fears her own life, but this new mother is not about to give up on her without trying to discover the mystery behind her mothers death in hope this will help the young girl I highly recommend this film you will be kept guessing until the end ,And the end has a twist in its tale. Gripping from beginning to end.
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    • Author: Mbon
    I don't normally watch ITV dramas but this ones trailer appealed to me and so I decided to give this one a chance and I'm glad I did. The whole film kept me completely glued to the TV. Everything was so intense and suspenseful.

    The young actress, Hannah Lochner who played Heather was excellent; she was creepy, disturbing, a sympathetic brat, manipulative but gave a really charismatic performance. She stole the show. She tackled all her scenes (and some were quite harsh) with ease and showed talent way beyond her years. One scene in particular when she is watching her mother get brutally murdered whilst hiding in the cupboard is so moving. She is definitely a star in the making.

    The story itself was harrowing, a woman, Tess (unable to have children and unable to adopt in the UK after an attempted suicide) adopts two girls. The younger one, Grace quickly becomes a member of the family but the elder girl, Heather is a traumatised young child and Tess soon believes she is hiding a dark secret. The story is gripping and watch it just for Lochner's performance.
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    • Author: Pedora
    OK, I must admit I was very well deceived by the guys who did the DVD cover of this film and also the ones which translated its title to Portuguese (in Portuguese edition movie's title is "A Filha do Mal" which means "Evil's daughter"). When I bought the DVD I was expecting something related to the horror genre, like the mentioned cover and title suggest, but when I decided to watch it another genre of movie appeared in my eyes: a family drama! But if it even was a good family drama, but not even that! It's really a cheap drama! Even the only good thing it had (a nice plot twist in the end, when it's found who really killed the girls' mother) was spoiled into a ridiculous action (???!!) scene that just proved even more how lame this movie is!!! It's a TV movie, OK, I know, It's a (very!) low cost production, OK, I know, but please don't make deceiving DVD covers like that anymore!!! That's all I ask!!! Whoever did this DVD cover owns me 4 Euros!
  • Credited cast:
    Joanne Whalley Joanne Whalley - Tess Palmer
    Hannah Lochner Hannah Lochner - Heather McGill
    Adrian Dunbar Adrian Dunbar - Alfie Palmer
    Stevie Gillespie Stevie Gillespie - Grace
    Stacey Zurburg Stacey Zurburg - Jane McGill
    Travis McConnell Travis McConnell - Staff Sgt. Pyro
    Sylvia Syms Sylvia Syms - Alice
    Barry Flatman Barry Flatman - Alvin
    Eve Crawford Eve Crawford - Nora
    Don S. Davis Don S. Davis - Police Chief
    Tom Carey Tom Carey - Motel Owner
    Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
    Shaun Dooley Shaun Dooley - Simon
    Sam Friend Sam Friend - Charlie
    Christianne Hirt Christianne Hirt - Denise
    Clare Holman Clare Holman - Karen
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