Her father was a doctor and he needed someone to look after things at home, so he invited the mother's stepsister to come and live with him.
8 seconds sound clip from the Matilda (1996) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:54:16.570 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- That's where Miss Trunchbull lives.
- A girl I know used to live in that house. Her life was good and happy.
- When she was just 2 years old, her mother died.
- But the girl's aunt was a mean person who treated the girl very badly.
- Yes.
- And worst of all, when the girl was 5, her father died.
- The police decided he killed himself.
- Why would he do such a thing?
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