Parents

Kitchen light hums at 3 a.m. Hamburger smoke curls under the garage door. A boy counts fingers on his mother's hands when she slices the pie. His friend Sheila laughs off the stories until small teeth drop into the mashed potatoes. The social worker scribbles in a notebook that smells faintly of antiseptic and regret.

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Bob Balaban directed Parents in 1989. See Bob Balaban's full filmography, where to start with Bob Balaban, or where to go after you've seen everything by Bob Balaban.

Parents was released in 1989 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 82 minutes.