Summaries

A baby girl stolen from a mother's hospital bedside three days after her birth, is reunited 17 years later with her family, when a second daughter enrols in a new school and befriends her. DNA samples confirm the two girls are sisters.

Girl, Taken follows the story of Celeste and Morne Nurse, whose baby daughter Zephany was stolen from hospital three days after her birth in Cape Town, April 1997. For 17 years, the devastated couple searched for Zephany, regularly making media appeals, hiring private detectives and following false leads. Then in 2015, their second daughter, Cassidy, enrolled in a new school, where other pupils pointed out an older pupil, Miche Solomon, who looked much like her. DNA samples confirmed that Miche was Zephany, and, incredibly, she had grown up only a few miles from the Nurse's home. The Nurses were overjoyed, and the story saw them becoming media darlings around the world. However, the arrest and trial of the seamstress whom Miche knew as her loving mother devastated her and ultimately, she chose to remain with the kidnapper's family. The Nurses, against all expectations, lost their daughter a second time. This film follows the process of two broken families climbing the difficult path towards forgiveness and wholeness.—Abacus Media Rights

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Keywords
  • girl
  • daughter
Genres
  • Documentary
Release date Jul 24, 2022
Countries of origin South Africa Ireland
Language English
Production companies Soilsu Films Undercurrent Film & Television

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Runtime 1h 40m
Color Color
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