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Maybe I missed it but where were Sonny's parents?

posted 5 years ago by bobbynynex (1505)
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I know he met his dad briefly in the xmas party and it seemed they didn't live together..but where is his mom?

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

no mention of the mother.

[–] bobbynynex (1505) 5 years ago

not even in the books?

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

I haven't read the book.

[–] rudeboymurray (3241) 5 years ago

Sonny's mother is dead and his father was unable to raise him, which is why he ended up living in a boarding house. Sam the Lion is kind of a surrogate father to Sonny.

[–] bobbynynex (1505) 4 years ago

he lived in a boarding house? was this mentioned in the movie?

[–] rudeboymurray (3241) 4 years ago

To be honest I don't recall, I haven't seen it for quite a while -- it's definitely explained in the book, though. Both Sonny and Duane live in the boarding house, if I remember rightly.

[–] AllTracTurbo (26) 2 years ago

14:25
Sonny pays Genevieve for his food in the resturant

Genevieve: Did your dad give you this?

Sonny: He needs all he's got.

Genevieve: It wouldn't hurt you to take a little something from him once in a while.

I don't know. You and Duane both in a boardin' house.

Him with a mother and you with a father. It don't seem right.

And your dad's taking too many pills, you know.