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The Perfect Mother

  • TV Movie
  • 19971997
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
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Ione Skye and Tyne Daly in The Perfect Mother (1997)
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A woman marries into a family of self-made immigrants, but discovers that her new mother-in-law is bizarre and still babies her grown-adult son while covering up the family's financial crime... Read allA woman marries into a family of self-made immigrants, but discovers that her new mother-in-law is bizarre and still babies her grown-adult son while covering up the family's financial crimes and domestic abuse.A woman marries into a family of self-made immigrants, but discovers that her new mother-in-law is bizarre and still babies her grown-adult son while covering up the family's financial crimes and domestic abuse.
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300
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    • Peter Levin
    • Karen Clark
  • Stars
    • Tyne Daly
    • Ione Skye
    • Louis Ferreira
    • Peter Levin
    • Karen Clark
  • Stars
    • Tyne Daly
    • Ione Skye
    • Louis Ferreira
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    Tyne Daly
    Tyne Daly
    • Elanie Podaras
    Ione Skye
    Ione Skye
    • Kathryn M. Podaras
    Louis Ferreira
    Louis Ferreira
    • John Podaras
    • (as Justin Louis)
    Tuesday Knight
    Tuesday Knight
    • Charlene Podaras
    David Cubitt
    David Cubitt
    • Dan Podaras
    Gwynyth Walsh
    Gwynyth Walsh
    • Joy Pigeon
    Dee Wallace
    Dee Wallace
    • Gina Mitrou
    • (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
    Johnny Cuthbert
    Johnny Cuthbert
    • Frank Podaras
    • (as Jon Cuthbert)
    Jennifer Clement
    Jennifer Clement
    • Sarah
    Karen Elizabeth Austin
    Karen Elizabeth Austin
    • Irene
    Betty Linde
    Betty Linde
    • Theodora
    Nathaniel DeVeaux
    • Sgt. Stern
    Gerry Bean
    Gerry Bean
    • Jesse J.
    • (as John Oliver)
    Kurt Max Runte
    Kurt Max Runte
    • Lumber Yard Manager
    Kate Robbins
    • Marion
    Joe Costa
    Joe Costa
    • Det. Hernandez
    • (as Carlos Joe Costa)
    Danny Virtue
    • Man in Yellow Mustang
    Scott Owen
    Scott Owen
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    • (as Scott Owens)
      • Peter Levin
      • Karen Clark
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      This film is based on the real life homicide of Alexandra Pesic, a dental hygienist and former beauty queen in Coquitlam, B.C (a Vancouver suburb) in 1992. In the actual case, her former mother-in-law Jelka Pesic and 3 men were found guilty of 1st degree murder and received sentences of 25 years to life. Jelka's grandson is now an adult and testified against his grandmother at her 2008 parole hearing (she was denied).

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      • February 18, 1997 (United States)
      • United States
      • Canada
      • English
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      • British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Citadel Entertainment
      • Gimbel-Adelson Productions
      • New City Productions
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    • 1 hour 32 minutes
      • Stereo

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