In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them 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.
Cast
Christine Lahti
Sylvie Fisher
Sara Walker
Ruth
Andrea Burchill
Lucille
Anne Pitoniak
Aunt Lily
Barbara Reese
Aunt Nona
Margot Pinvidic
Helen
Bill Smillie
Sheriff
Wayne Robson
Principal
Betty Phillips
Mrs. Jardine
Karen Elizabeth Austin
Mrs. Paterson
Dolores Drake
Mrs. Walker
Georgie Collins
Grandmother
Tonya Tanner
Young Ruth
Leah Penny
Young Lucille
Brian Linds
Deputy Sheriff
Clayton W. Okell
Boy on Cliff
Clay Barton
Boy on Cliff
Erik Richardson
Sandy
Bob Hughes
Charlie
Sheila Paterson
Bernice
Crew
Bill Forsyth
Director, Writer
Marilynne Robinson
Novel
Michael Ellis
Editor
Michael Coulter
Director of Photography
Robert F. Colesberry
Producer
Adrienne Atkinson
Production Design
Lynne Carrow
Casting
Margery Simkin
Casting
Mary-Jane Reyner
Costume Design
Susan Boyd
Hairstylist
Sandy Cooper
Makeup Artist
Maurice Parkhurst
Makeup Artist
Michael Gibbs
Original Music Composer
Jim Erickson
Set Decoration
Pat Rambaut
Script Supervisor
John Willett
Art Direction
David Lewis
Greensman
