Mothertime

Mothertime

1997 · 90 min · ★ 8.5 · TV Movie, Drama

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.

Directed by Matthew Jacobs · Written by Matthew Jacobs

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