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Housekeeping

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Housekeeping
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PG,1hr 57min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Released:
January 1, 1987
Director:
Bill Forsyth
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Starring:
Christine Lahti, Sarah Walker, Andrea Burchill  ...more
Synopsis: Housekeeping is the film in which Christine Lahti invites a guest into a living room half-submerged in water. This is hardly the oddest moment in this characteristically quirky Bill Forsyth film (his first American production). When their grandmother dies, Idaho pre-teens Sarah Walker and Andrea Burchill are watched over by their late mother's sister (played by Ms. Lahti). This strange young woman has throughout her life made unconventionality a life form. The girls are at first embarrassed by their ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Hastings, AMG Review
Scottish director Bill Forsythe's first effort for a major Hollywood studio was 1987's Housekeeping, a touching but resolutely unsentimental coming-of-age story boasting one of Christine Lahti's more under-appreciated performances. When Lahti's frizzy-haired, glassy-eyed Aunt Sylvie becomes the surrogate mother to two nieces, Ruth and Lucille, her dreamy philosophies and pack-rat behavior cause a ... Full Review
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