After their mother commits suicide, two sisters end up living with their kind but peculiar aunt in their grandmother's old house in a small 1950s town.
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| Christine Lahti | ... | Sylvie | |
| Sara Walker | ... | Ruth | |
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Andrea Burchill | ... | Lucille |
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Anne Pitoniak | ... | Aunt Lily |
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Barbara Reese | ... | Aunt Nona |
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Margot Pinvidic | ... | Helen |
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Bill Smillie | ... | Sheriff |
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Betty Phillips | ... | Mrs. Jardine |
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Karen Elizabeth Austin | ... | Mrs. Paterson |
| Dolores Drake | ... | Mrs. Walker (as Delores Drake) | |
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Georgie Collins | ... | Grandmother |
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Tonya Tanner | ... | Young Ruth |
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Leah Penny | ... | Young Lucille |
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Brian Linds | ... | Deputy Sheriff |
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In the Pacific Northwest in 1955, two young sisters, abandoned by their mother, wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations. Written by Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>; edited by Peter Victor
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aunt niece relationship | car stuck in mud | voice over narration | small town | sister sister relationship |Taglines:
The story of a woman slightly distracted by the possibilities of life. See more »Genres:
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5 February 1988 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
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Sylvie: She is sad. She should be sad.
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Sylvie: I don't mean she should be. I mean, who wouldn't be? That's how it is with family.
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Written by James Keyes, Claude Feaster, Carl Feaster, Floyd McRae (as Floyd F. McRae) and James Edwards
Produced by Nicki North for Brancaster Music
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The film takes place in 1955. See more »Quotes
Mrs. Jardine: She looks so sad.Sylvie: She is sad. She should be sad.
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Sylvie: I don't mean she should be. I mean, who wouldn't be? That's how it is with family.
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"For Marilynne and Fred and their two wonderful boys" See more »Soundtracks
SH-BOOM (LIFE COULD BE A DREAM)Written by James Keyes, Claude Feaster, Carl Feaster, Floyd McRae (as Floyd F. McRae) and James Edwards
Produced by Nicki North for Brancaster Music
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I'm biased. I loved this movie. Being Canadian, I identified with the sense of isolation from the world these two women felt. What is wonderful about the story is that Ruthie and Sylvie revel in their isolation; it is exactly what they want. In its way, this is a romance. Two people, each alone, meet and discover one another. I was happy for them.