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Circle of Violence: A Family Drama is a american film of genre Drama directed by David Greene released in USA on 12 october 1986 with Tuesday Weld
Circle of Violence: A Family Drama (1986)
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Add to a movie listCircle of Violence: A Family Drama (also known as Circle of Violence: A Family on the Edge or simply Circle of Violence) is a 1986 CBS television movie. Directed by David Greene and starring Tuesday Weld, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Bonerz and River Phoenix, the film tells the tragic story of the seldom addressed issue of elder parent abuse.
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Georgia Benfield (Tuesday Weld) is at a difficult place in her life; her husband, Pete (Peter Bonerz) has left her for a younger woman, her teenage son, Chris (River Phoenix) is unmanageable, and she's struggling financially when her widowed mother, Charlotte (Geraldine Fitzgerald) moves in. Amid juggling a new full-time job, raising two children, and her failing marriage, the constant bickering between mother and daughter continues as it has ever since Georgia was a child. Finally, at her wit's end, Georgia loses control and begins physically abusing her elderly mother, just as Georgia had been abused herself as a child. As family and friends slowly begin to learn of the abuse, and long buried family secrets come to light, both mother and daughter must learn to accept the past, to change what is happening at present, in order to face a better future.Actors
Tuesday Weld
(Georgia Benfield)
Geraldine Fitzgerald
(Charlotte Kessling)
Peter Bonerz
(Peter Benfield)
River Phoenix
(Chris Benfield)
Ellen Travolta
(Marion)
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