Housekeeping, Columbia Pictures presents ; screenplay by Bill Forsyth ; produced by Robert F. Colesberry ; directed by Bill Forsyth
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Housekeeping, Columbia Pictures presents ; screenplay by Bill Forsyth ; produced by Robert F. Colesberry ; directed by Bill Forsyth
Language
eng
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videorecording
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MPAA rating: PG., OFRB rating: F; for a mature theme
Main title
Housekeeping
Oclc number
752302902
Responsibility statement
Columbia Pictures presents ; screenplay by Bill Forsyth ; produced by Robert F. Colesberry ; directed by Bill Forsyth
Runtime
117
Summary
"Writer/director Bill Forsyth (Comfort and Joy, Being Human) brings to life this tale, set in the 1950s and based on a novel by Marilynne Robinson, which is neither a sentimental nor simple exploration of familial and emotional bonds. Ruth (Sara Walker) and Lucille (Andrea Burchill) are two young sisters who are abandoned by their mother and raised by a succession of aged relatives, until their unconventional aunt Sylvie (Christine Lahti, Running on Empty) arrives like a breath of fresh air. Sylvie has been living on the road for many years, and her life is detached from the norms of the community; she returns home to bittersweet memories and the town's harsh scrutiny. The girls are thrilled to have a charming young role model and Sylvie's new responsibilities offer her a chance for real love, sharing a home, and a sense of family -- all things she has not felt for a long time. Eventually, as Ruth and Lucille's perceptions of Sylvie change, the two girls develop vastly different ways of relating to this eccentric, original woman"--Container
Technique
live action
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- Mothers + Death -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Girls
- Drama
- Mothers + Death
- Aunts -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Eccentrics and eccentricities
- Feature films
- Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Northwest, Pacific -- Drama
- Pacific Northwest
- Robinson, Marilynne
- Fiction films
- Aunts
- Girls -- Drama
- Robinson, Marilynne -- Film and video adaptations
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- Mothers + Death -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Girls
- Drama
- Mothers + Death
- Aunts -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Eccentrics and eccentricities
- Feature films
- Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Northwest, Pacific -- Drama
- Pacific Northwest
- Robinson, Marilynne
- Fiction films
- Aunts
- Girls -- Drama
- Robinson, Marilynne -- Film and video adaptations
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