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Housekeeping (1987)
Directed by Bill Forsyth
“The story of a woman slightly distracted by the possibilities of life.”
Comedy, Drama · 1h 56m
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
S
Sara Walker
Ruth
A
Andrea Burchill
Lucille
Anne Pitoniak
Aunt Lily
B
Barbara Reese
Aunt Nona
Margot Pinvidic
Helen
B
Bill Smillie
Sheriff
Wayne Robson
Principal
Betty Phillips
Mrs. Jardine
Karen Elizabeth Austin
Mrs. Paterson
Dolores Drake
Mrs. Walker
G
Georgie Collins
Grandmother
Crew
- Director
- Bill Forsyth
- Writer
- Bill Forsyth
- Novel
- Marilynne Robinson
- Director of Photography
- Michael Coulter
- Original Music Composer
- Michael Gibbs
- Editor
- Michael Ellis
- Producer
- Robert F. Colesberry
Details
- Release date
- 1987-11-25
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
- Box office
- $1,083,282