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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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5 February 1988 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
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Sylvie: He always does that. If he thinks someone's watching him, he just carries on even more.
Fisherman: Come back here!
Sylvie: Pitiful. He's gonna have a heart attack someday.
Ruth: It must be his boat.
Sylvie: Either that or he's some kind of lunatic. I'm certainly not going back to find out.
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Even though this was filmed in the interior of British Columbia (Canada), the city bench scene with Christine Lahti sleeping after picking berries was actually filmed in the main square of Port Coquitlam. The city hall is adjacent to this central square on Shaughnessy Street (the main thoroughfare of this Vancouver suburb). See more »Quotes
Fisherman: You come back here! Lady, you come back here! Lady, you come back!Sylvie: He always does that. If he thinks someone's watching him, he just carries on even more.
Fisherman: Come back here!
Sylvie: Pitiful. He's gonna have a heart attack someday.
Ruth: It must be his boat.
Sylvie: Either that or he's some kind of lunatic. I'm certainly not going back to find out.
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"For Marilynne and Fred and their two wonderful boys" See more »Connections
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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.