Morphine and Dolly Mixtures
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.
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Morphine and Dolly Mixtures
- Overview
- Cast
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Status
Released
Release Date
Mar 10, 1991
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Drama, TV Movie
Original Title
Morphine and Dolly Mixtures
Production Companies
BBC
Director
Karl Francis
Description
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.
