Housekeeping (film)
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| Directed by | Bill Forsyth |
| Produced by | Robert F. Colesberry |
| Screenplay by | Bill Forsyth |
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Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson |
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| Music by | Michael Gibbs |
| Cinematography | Michael Coulter |
| Edited by | Michael Ellis |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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117 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Housekeeping is a 1987 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, and Andrea Burchill. Based on the 1980 novel Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson, the film is about two young sisters growing up in Idaho during 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. Filmed on location in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, Housekeeping won two awards at the 1987 Tokyo International Film Festival.
Teen sisters Ruth and Lucille, raised by a grandmother after their mother's suicide, end up living with an aunt in a western U.S. town called Fingerbone after the grandmother dies.
Aunt Sylvie is an unusual woman. She likes to sit in the dark and sleep in the park. Others in town are never quite sure what to make of her. And the same holds true for the girls, even when Sylvie writes elaborate excuses to get them out of school.
Housekeeping was the first North American film by writer and director Bill Forsyth, whose previous films—That Sinking Feeling (1980), Gregory's Girl (1981), Local Hero (1983), and Comfort and Joy (1984)—were produced in Scotland. Forsyth's screenplay for the film is based on the 1980 novel Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson. It was in fact the prospect of bringing the novel to film that brought him to America. Forsyth would later describe his film version as an attempt to "make a commercial to get people to read the novel".
Housekeeping was filmed on location in Castlegar and Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. Principal photography began on September 22, 1986 and ended in December 1986.
Housekeeping was released in the United States on November 25, 1987. That month it was also shown at the Regus London Film Festival.Housekeeping was released on VHS video in the United States on July 8, 1988.
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