Summary
"Writer/director Bill Forsyth (Comfort and Joy, Being Human) brings to life this tale, set in the 1950s and based on a novel by Marilynne Robinson, which is neither a sentimental nor simple exploration of familial and emotional bonds. Ruth (Sara Walker) and Lucille (Andrea Burchill) are two young sisters who are abandoned by their mother and raised by a succession of aged relatives, until their unconventional aunt Sylvie (Christine Lahti, Running on Empty) arrives like a breath of fresh air. Sylvie has been living on the road for many years, and her life is detached from the norms of the community; she returns home to bittersweet memories and the town's harsh scrutiny. The girls are thrilled to have a charming young role model and Sylvie's new responsibilities offer her a chance for real love, sharing a home, and a sense of family -- all things she has not felt for a long time. Eventually, as Ruth and Lucille's perceptions of Sylvie change, the two girls develop vastly different ways of relating to this eccentric, original woman"--Container.Additional Information
| Subjects |
Robinson, Marilynne
-- Film adaptations.
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Northwest, Pacific -- Drama. Girls -- Drama. Aunts -- Drama. Mothers -- Death -- Drama. Comedy films. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. Films for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Culver City, Calif. :Sony Pictures Home Entertainment,2011 |
| Other Titles | Housekeeping. |
| Contributors |
Lahti, Christine,
actor. Walker, Sara (Actor), actor. Burchill, Andrea, actor. Forsyth, Bill, 1946- director. Colesberry, Robert F., producer. Robinson, Marilynne. Housekeeping. Columbia Pictures. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) |
| Participants/Performers |
Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, Andrea Burchill, Anne Pitoniak, Barbara Reese. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Michael Coulter ; editor, Michael Ellis ; music, Michael Gibbs. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. OFRB rating: F; for a mature theme. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
Based on the novel Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson. Originally released as a motion picture in 1987. |
| System Details |
DVD-R. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |