1997
Nil by mouth
Description
Description
Janet is a widowed factory worker who shares her home with her aged mother Kath, her daughter Valerie, her son Billy, and Valerie’s husband Ray. Ray is an unstable and out-of-work alcoholic who often uses his pregnant wife as a punching bag, while Billy is a drug addict whose habit has led Janet to throw him out of the house more then once, only to take him back later. Janet is uncertain about what to do when Ray’s latest tirade sends Valerie to the emergency room, and Janet also has to come to terms with the financial and emotional costs of Billy’s addiction.
