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Terrible Things My Mother Told Me (1988)

Terrible Things My Mother Told Me poster
Directed by
Susan Rohrer
Genre
drama, tv movie
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl hears difficult truths from her mother that reshape their family dynamic. The story follows how she navigates these painful revelations.

domesticemotionalintimatesomberrelatablehonestreflectivequiet

What happens

"Terrible Things My Mother Told Me" is a 1988 episode of the American television anthology series ABC Afterschool Special, directed and produced by Susan Rohrer. It stars Beth Howland, Katherine Kamhi and Ian Ziering. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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