"The story of a woman slightly distracted by the possibilities of life." 25 November 1987 Drama, Comedy 116 mins
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.
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Christine Lahti as Sylvie Fisher
Sara Walker as Ruth
Andrea Burchill as Lucille
Anne Pitoniak as Aunt Lily
Barbara Reese as Aunt Nona
Margot Pinvidic as Helen
Bill Smillie as Sheriff
Wayne Robson as Principal
Betty Phillips as Mrs. Jardine
Karen Elizabeth Austin as Mrs. Paterson
Dolores Drake as Mrs. Walker
Georgie Collins as Grandmother
Tonya Tanner as Young Ruth
Leah Penny as Young Lucille
Brian Linds as Deputy Sheriff
Clayton W. Okell as Boy on Cliff
Bill Forsyth Director
Bill Forsyth Writer
Robert F. Colesberry Producer
Michael Gibbs Original Music Composer
Marilynne Robinson Novel
Michael Ellis Editor
Lynne Carrow Casting
Margery Simkin Casting
Adrienne Atkinson Production Design
Pat Rambaut Script Supervisor
Michael Coulter Director of Photography
David Lewis Greensman
John Willett Art Direction
Jim Erickson Set Decoration
Mary-Jane Reyner Costume Design
Susan Boyd Hairstylist
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Trailer for Bill Forsyth's "Housekeeping" (1987) starring Christine Lahti.
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From the 1987 gem of a movie "Housekeeping" directed by Bill Forsyth based on Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize nominated fiction novel published in 1980.
Utterly offbeat and quirky Bill Forsyth's funny and often touching film stars Christine Lahti as an eccentric aunt who comes out to the Pacific Northwest to live with ...
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