Housekeeping | |
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Directed by | Bill Forsyth |
Screenplay by | Bill Forsyth |
Based on | Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson |
Produced by | Robert F. Colesberry |
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Cinematography | Michael Coulter |
Edited by | Michael Ellis |
Music by | Michael Gibbs |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $5 million[1] |
Box office | $1,083,282[2] |
Housekeeping is a 1987 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth, starring Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, and Andrea Burchill. Based on Marilynne Robinson's 1980 novel Housekeeping, it is about two young sisters growing up in Idaho in the 1950s. After being abandoned by their mother and raised by elderly relatives, the sisters are looked after by their eccentric aunt whose unconventional and unpredictable ways affect their lives. It was filmed on location in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. It won two awards at the 1987 Tokyo International Film Festival.[3]
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