Storyline

During the 1950s, a teenage girl named Tamara Anderson (Katie Boland) moves to a rural town with her liberal family, which includes her artist father, Stuart (Stuart Wilson) ; her mother, Liz (Alberta Watson) ; and a younger brother and sister. At first Tamara enjoys country life, and begins a romance with Rusty Murphy (Kevin Zegers), a handsome farm boy. But when her mother falls ill with tuberculosis while her father is out of town painting, she is left to care for her younger siblings.

Plot Keywords

artist, wife, teen girl, teen boy, mother, love interest, emotional, endearing, small town, house, upstate new york, farm, coming of age, christianity, young love, illness, relocation, transformation, sacrifice, love, growing up, 1950s

Short Review

Excellent acting. A little slow paced but the cinematography and acting make up for it. The writing wasn't that good. I loved the small children the most. Katie Boland was very engaging.

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