The past is only dangerous when you try to forget.
In 1910, 19-year-old Horace Robedaux, still bitter toward his stepfather, goes to Houston to be reunited with his mother, Corella, and his sister, Lily Dale, following a long estrangement. He has not seen either since he was 12 because his wicked stepfather, Pete Davenport (whom his mother married after his father drank himself to death) believes a boy ought to be self-reliant.
Peter Masterson
Director

Mary Stuart Masterson
Lily Dale

Sam Shepard
Pete Davenport

Stockard Channing
Corella

Tim Guinee
Horace Robedaux

John Slattery
Will Kidder

Jean Stapleton
Mrs. Coons

Sean Hennigan
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Chamblee Ferguson
Drummer
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