Housekeeping

Housekeeping

116 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 25, 1987

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.

Housekeeping

116 mins | Drama, Comedy | Nov. 25, 1987

Housekeeping
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Housekeeping
Directors Pat Rambaut, Bill Forsyth
Writers Marilynne Robinson, Bill Forsyth

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

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

as Boy on Cliff

Erik Richardson

as Sandy

Bob Hughes

as Charlie

Sheila Paterson

as Bernice