On My Own (1992)

In the coming-of-age drama On My Own (1992), a Canadian boarding-school student experiences a painful revelation during a holiday homecoming. Matthew Ferguson stars as Simon Henderson, an only child who’s been bustled off to school in North America while his father works in China and his mother keeps their household in England. Upon returning home for holiday, Henderson discovers that his mother’s been diagnosed with schizophrenia and that she’s not the same woman he remembers. Though it wouldn’t be any consolation to the poor chap, it seems remiss not to point out that his afflicted mum is quite the fox. Judy Davis plays the character with plenty of verve, cavorting around the bedroom without a stitch of clothing on her voluptuous frame.