UNITED KINGDOM · 1987

Housekeeping

Bill Forsyth
family dysfunction nonconformity abandonment coming of age unconventional parenting
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Synopsis

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.

Year1987
CountryUnited Kingdom
DirectorBill Forsyth
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