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Housekeeping

Name: Housekeeping
Director: Bill Forsyth
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1987-11-25
Cast: Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, Andrea Burchill, Anne Pitoniak, Barbara Reese

ComedyDrama

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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Cast

Christine LahtiSara WalkerAndrea BurchillAnne PitoniakBarbara ReeseMargot PinvidicBill SmillieWayne RobsonBetty PhillipsKaren Elizabeth AustinDolores DrakeGeorgie Collins

Director

Bill Forsyth

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