Film

Custody of the Heart

2000 · 1h 31m · Drama · TV Movie

A modern tale: a custody battle turned upside down.

IMDb

5.2

Claire's number one priority is her family. When her husband Dennis loses his stockbroker job, the couple's traditional family roles switch. As Dennis takes on his new stay-at-home role, Claire's furniture design business takes off. Just as she's beginning to master the art of balancing her home and work life, Dennis serves her with divorce papers and charges her with being an unfit mother. Claire discovers that in a modern courtroom there are still traditional biases unsympathetic to the idea of a woman working three jobs, as a wife, an entrepreneur and a mother.

Lorraine Bracco

Claire Raphael

Martin Donovan

Dennis Raphael

Dennis Boutsikaris

Nick Brody

Sheila McCarthy

Alice

Nancy Palk

Rona

Michael Cera

John 'Johnny' Raphael

Charlotte Arnold

Clara Kate 'Kiki' Raphael

David McIlwraith

Carter Petrie

Lori Hallier

Phoebe Harris

John Neville

Judge H. Chadwick

Corinne Conley

Connie, Claire's Mother

Eleanor Yeoman

Bernice Matheson

Norma Edwards

Old Woman in Hospital

Quancetia Hamilton

Nurse's Aide

Meg Hogarth

Emma, Dennis' Mother

Mark-Cameron Fraser

Bailiff

• David Hugh JonesDirector
• Barbara DelinskyNovel
• Dan PaulsonExecutive Producer
• Susan RoseExecutive Producer
• Mike FashDirector of Photography
• Lawrence ShraggeOriginal Music Composer
• Pamela MaloufEditor
• Jon ComerfordCasting
• Maureen A. ArataCasting

Release date

August 28, 2000

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

PG-13

Genres

Drama, TV Movie

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