A Place to Be Loved

A Place to Be Loved
A video cover bearing the film's alternative title: Shattered Family
Directed by	Sandy Smolan
Produced by	Randy T. Siegel
Written by	Blair Ferguson
Starring	Richard Crenna Rhea Perlman Linda Kelsey Cotter Smith Joycelyn O'Brien Tom Guiry
Music by	W. G. Snuffy Walden
Cinematography	Neil Roach
Release date	4 April 1993 (US)
Country	United States
Language	English

A Place to Be Loved is a 1993 American television film with Richard Crenna and Rhea Perlman. It was released in the United Kingdom under the title Shattered Family.

Gregory Kingsley is a boy, abused by his father, who is placed with social services by his mother. The foster family he is put into proves to be the type of nurturing environment he needs. He ends up taking his mother to court, to have her parental rights revoked, in hopes of being adopted by his foster family. The story is based on a real life case of child abuse.