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Hothouse (2003)

Hothouse poster
Original title
Les parents terribles
Directed by
Josée Dayan
Genre
drama, tv movie
Country
France, Spain
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
U
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family's tangled relationships come to a head in a single night. Secrets and jealousies erupt among a possessive mother, a dependent son, and his fragile lover.

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What happens

Les Parents terribles est un téléfilm français réalisé par Josée Dayan en 2003 qui est une reprise du film Les Parents terribles de Jean Cocteau de 1948. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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