Ten minutes. Two confessions. One kitchen table. Chaos ensues.
Acting
Tess Harper's face does three acts in under ten minutes.
Writing
Economy of dialogue that trusts silence.
Director
Leslie Bumgarner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Austin Fryberger was 19 playing younger; Harper won an Emmy for a different mother role in 1987.
The film inverts the typical coming-out narrative by having the parent reveal her own hidden life first, creating mutual vulnerability rather than one-sided confession.
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