"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."
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
Bill Smillie
as Sheriff
Wayne Robson
as Principal
Betty Phillips
as Mrs. Jardine
Karen Elizabeth Austin
as Mrs. Paterson
Dolores Drake
as Mrs. Walker
Georgie Collins
as Grandmother
Tonya Tanner
as Young Ruth
Leah Penny
as Young Lucille
Brian Linds
as Deputy Sheriff
Clayton W. Okell
as Boy on Cliff
Clay Barton
Erik Richardson
as Sandy
Bob Hughes
as Charlie
Sheila Paterson
as Bernice
Michael Gibbs
Original Music Composer
Robert F. Colesberry
Producer
Bill Forsyth
Writer
Director
Marilynne Robinson
Novel
Adrienne Atkinson
Production Design
Margery Simkin
Casting
Michael Ellis
Editor
Lynne Carrow
Pat Rambaut
Script Supervisor
Michael Coulter
Director of Photography
David Lewis
Greensman
Sandy Cooper
Makeup Artist
Mary-Jane Reyner
Costume Design
John Willett
Art Direction
Maurice Parkhurst
Susan Boyd
Hairstylist
Jim Erickson
Set Decoration