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 |
| Wayne Robson | ... | Principal | |
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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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5 February 1988 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
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The film takes place in 1955. See more »Quotes
Ruth: Silvie had no awareness of time. For her, hours and minutes were the names of trains.See more »
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A total total joy.