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"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 you...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Housekeeping (Motion picture)
Main Author: Gibbs, Michael, 1937- (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Forsyth, Bill, 1946- (Screenwriter, Director), Colesberry, Robert F. (Producer), Lahti, Christine (Actor), Walker, Sara (Actor) (Actor), Burchill, Andrea (Actor), Pitoniak, Anne (Actor), Reese, Barbara, Robinson, Marilynne
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2011]
Subjects:
Eccentrics and eccentricities > Northwest, Pacific > Drama.
Girls > Drama.
Aunts > Drama.
Mothers > Death > Drama.
Robinson, Marilynne.
Aunts.
Eccentrics and eccentricities.
Girls.
Mothers > Death.
Pacific Northwest.
Comedy films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
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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.
Item Description:Based on the novel Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:01:57:00
Format:DVD-R.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG. OFRB rating: F; for a mature theme.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Michael Coulter ; editor, Michael Ellis ; music, Michael Gibbs.