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.
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Cast
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Kenneth Welsh
David Sutton
Known for
The Day After Tomorrow
Twin Peaks
Tantoo Cardinal
Rosanne Ladouceur
Known for
Godless
Echo
Susan Wooldridge
Lily Sutton
Known for
KAOS
The War of the Worlds
Vera Marin
Beatrice
No other roles listed
Diane Debassige
Leona
Also in
Grand Avenue
The Wake
Tom Jackson
Eddy
Known for
Cold Pursuit
Sullivan's Crossing
Christopher Barrington-Leigh
Robert Sutton
No other roles listed
Meredith Rimmer
Naomi Sutton
No other roles listed
Yolanda Cardinal
Lisa
No other roles listed
Jeffrey Smith
Nicholas Sutton
Also in
Out of Bounds
Larry Yachimec
Mountie - Frank
Also in
Saw III
Ice Bound
Anne Wheeler Director · Sharon Riis Writer Vic Sarin Cinematographer
United States release November 20, 1987 · Produced in Canada, United Kingdom · Production Lauron International
Production
Dumbarton Films
Production
Lauron International
Production
Canada · United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 1, 1986
Premiere
United States · November 20, 1987
Theatrical
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