The Perfectionist

The Perfectionist is a play and telemovie by David Williamson about an academic who is working on a PhD. His wife hires a Danish student to babysit their children.
Film version.
In 1983 Patricia Lovell announced plans to produce a film version of the play directed by Williamson but they were unable to finance it. A telemovie was made in 1985. The telemovie was subsequently sold in multiple international territories, but also for television and direct-to-video.