Housekeeping
Summary:
Housekeeping is the film in which Christine Lahti invites a guest into a living room half-submerged in water. This is hardly the oddest moment in this characteristically quirky Bill Forsyth film (his first American production). When their grandmother dies, Idaho pre-teens Sarah Walker and Andrea Burchill are watched over by their late mother's sister (played by Ms. Lahti... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Christine Lahti - (Sylvie)
Sarah Walker - (Ruth)
Andrea Burchill - (Lucille)
Anne Pitoniak - (Aunt Lily)
Barbara Reese - (Nona)
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Review:
Scottish director Bill Forsythe's first effort for a major Hollywood studio was 1987's Housekeeping, a touching but resolutely unsentimental coming-of-age story boasting one of Christine Lahti's more under-appreciated performances. When Lahti's frizzy-haired, glassy-eyed Aunt Sylvie becomes the surrogate mother to two nieces, Ruth and ... Continue >>
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