The plot centers around Miranda, a young girl who lost her mother at a very young age. She is troubled and withdrawn, pretend plays alone for hours and is obsessed with death. She creates elaborate little cemeteries using figs and sticks, burying dead insects or animals she comes across. Her family members relate stories and tales and slowly bring her out of her shell and help her cope better with life and death and all in between. A moving family piece that can help children deal with grief, life and death.
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Karron Graves
Miranda
Known for
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Teresa Wright
Miranda's Grandmother
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Calvin Skaggs
Terry Benes
Stephanie Keys
Doris Roberts
Great Aunt Elizabeth
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Katherine Anne Porter
Ellen Freyer
William Converse-Roberts
Miranda's Father
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Patricia P Perini
Olivia Cole
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Amanda Sickler
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Calvin Skaggs Director · Stephanie Keys Writer Katherine Anne Porter Author
United States release October 10, 1987
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 10, 1987
TV
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