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A young woman finds herself trapped in a crossfire of awkwardness during a nightmarish dinner party with her boyfriend's dysfunctional family.
Mother, Mother (1989)
A Blue Ribbon winner at the American Film Festival, this hard-hitting, dramatic production is about the relationship between a young man with AIDS and his estranged mother. Unable to understand or accept each other's lives, mother and son are at a stalemate of their own making.
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A Blue Ribbon winner at the American Film Festival, this hard-hitting, dramatic production is about the relationship between a young man with AIDS and his estranged mother. Unable to understand or accept each other's lives, mother and son are at a stalemate of their own making.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Micki Dickoff, Ian Praiser
In Theaters:1/6/1989
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Runtime:30 minutes
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Cast
Micki Dickoff
Director
Bess Armstrong
Kate Watson
Polly Bergen
Barbara Cutler
Piper Laurie
Martha Cousins
John Dye
Jeff Cutler
J.J. Anderson
Jimmy Mills
Francisco Arriaza
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Tim Bipple
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Terry Caldwell
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Ann Dane
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