When her mentally ill, elderly mother begins mutilating herself, Jessie (Kim Basinger) returns to her hometown to care for her. Among familiar surroundings, she tends to her mother's deteriorating mental condition while learning of troubling revelations about her family history. Meanwhile, though married, Jessie reconnects with old passions -- including a turbulent affair with a monk named Hugh (Bruce Greenwood).
Cast
Kim Basinger
Jessie Sullivan
Alex Carter
Brother 'Whit' Thomas
Bruce Greenwood
Hugh Sullivan
Roberta Maxwell
Nelle
Debra Mooney
Kat
Lorena Gale
Hepzibah
Ellie Harvie
Benne
Ken Pogue
Father Dominic
Tori Anderson
Dee Sullivan
Shaun Johnston
Joseph Dubois
Alex Bruhanski
Shem
Terence Kelly
Dom Anthony
Joanne Wilson
Woman Patient
Sy Pederson
Brother Timothy
L. Harvey Gold
Tourist
Enid-Raye Adams
Young Nelle
Tammy Gillis
Young Kat
Zemphira Gosling
Young Jesse
Crew
Steven Schachter
Director
Suzette Couture
Teleplay
Sue Monk Kidd
Novel
Jean Beaudoin
Editor
Mike Southon
Director of Photography
Randy Robinson
Executive Producer
Chad Oakes
Producer
Michael Frislev
Producer
Jo-Ann Chorney
Production Design
Nancy Bryant
Costume Design
Rolf Løvland
Music
Trinita Waller
Set Decoration
Scott Dobbie
Art Direction
