Alma (1998) (NR)

synopsis

Margie Thorpe is a sassy, whiskey-sippin' Grande Dame and her mother Alma is a Southern working-class Norma Desmond. An intimate and darkly humorous portrait of a mother-daughter relationship marred by a history of alcoholism, sexual abuse, and mental illness.

details

Documentary
1 hr. 34 min.
Opened January 1st, 1998

director

Ruth Leitman

writer

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synopsis

Margie Thorpe is a sassy, whiskey-sippin' Grande Dame and her mother Alma is a Southern working-class Norma Desmond. An intimate and darkly humorous portrait of a mother-daughter relationship marred by a history of alcoholism, sexual abuse, and mental illness.

details

Documentary
1 hr. 34 min.
Opened January 1st, 1998

director

Ruth Leitman

writer