Housekeeping

Housekeeping

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1987-11-25
Genre:Comedy, Drama
Duration:116 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Bill Forsyth
Actors:Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, Andrea Burchill, Anne Pitoniak, Barbara Reese
Production:Columbia Pictures

Overview:

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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