Morphine and Dolly Mixtures (1991)

9.0/10 • 93 min • Drama TV Movie

Overview

A girl's childhood in the 1950s with her brutal alcoholic father. This unrelieved melodrama examines the nature of a child's experience of a domineering, volatile alcoholic parent. It is based on an autobiographical account by Carol-Ann Courtney. At first, the girl has some diversion from her intense and frightening relationship with her father in the person of her maternal grandmother, but that outlet is soon closed when her father bans her from their home.

Cast

Patrick Bergin

Terence O'Farrell

Joanna Griffiths

Caroline O'Farrell

Sue Jones-Davies

Irene O'Farrell

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