
Overview
Lily and her three youngest children join her husband David Sutton, a doctor in an isolated northern Alberta town. Their eleven-year-old son arrives later from boarding school. David conceals a dark secret which caused the family to leave England without telling anybody. They befriend a neighbor Rosanne, who throws out her boyfriend after he beats her up in a bar. Lily, who is very English and out of place in the town, hires the half-Native Rosanne as a housekeeper, and eventually the two women become good friends, until the secret emerges again.
Fun facts
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Filming locations
Filmed in Alberta
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Setting
Set in Canadian Prairies
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Music
Music by Michael Conway Baker
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Vic Sarin
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Sharon RiisWriter
- Anne WheelerStory
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 20, 1987
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- Canada, United Kingdom























