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6.6In 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.
Released: 1987-11-25116 minDir: Bill ForsythComedy, DramaBox office: $1.1M
Cast
- 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
Themes
- small town
- based on novel or book
- train accident
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
2,987 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- housekeeping
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Bill Forsyth
- Cast member
- Wayne Robson
- Composer
- Michael Gibbs
- Producer
- Robert F. Colesberry
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Michael Coulter
- Filming location
- British Columbia
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 683716
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1987-12-11
- title
- Housekeeping
- distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 7.1/10
- different from
- Housekeeping
- capital cost
- 5500000
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