DVD
Housekeeping
Call Number
- DVD COMEDY (CEN)
Performers
Christine Lahti.
Publication Information
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2011]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG.
Summary
In the 1950s, Ruth and Lucille are two young sisters who are abandoned by their mother and raised by a succession of aged relatives, until their unconventional aunt Sylvie arrives like a breath of fresh air. Sylvie has been living on the road for many years, and her life is detached from the norms of the community; she returns home to bittersweet memories and the town's harsh scrutiny. The girls are thrilled to have a charming young role model and Sylvie's new responsibilities offer her a chance for real love, sharing a home, and a sense of family--all things she has not felt for a long time. Eventually, as Ruth and Lucille's perceptions of Sylvie change, the two girls develop vastly different ways of relating to this eccentric, original woman.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the novel by Marilynne Robinson.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1987.