Mothertime

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Mothertime

1997

1h 30m

10.0(1 votes)

TV Movie

Drama

Overview

Adaptation of the novel by Gillian White. A drunken woman's children lock her in the sauna in an attempt to cure her of her alcoholism. The teenage daughter runs the house and tries to engineer a reunion between her parents. But the parents have been keeping secrets from their children, and nothing is as it seems.

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6 members

Acting

Gina McKee

Caroline

Acting

Kate Maberly

Vanessa

Acting

Anthony Andrews

Robin

Acting

Imogen Stubbs

Suzie

Acting

Sheila Allen

Eileen

Acting

Faith Brook

Isobel

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