April 5, 1998
92 minutes
DramaRomance
The Patron Saint of Liars
Unhappy in her marriage, expectant mother Rose (Dana Delany) flees to a home for unwed mothers in rural Tennessee in this adaptation of Ann Patchett's novel. When she stays on after her baby is born, Rose becomes friends with an elderly nun (Sada Thompson) and begins a relationship with the local handyman, Son (Clancy Brown). Everything seems fine until Rose's first husband tracks her down and she's forced to relive her troubled past.
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Cast
Dana Delany
(Rose Cleardon Abbott)
Ellen Burstyn
(June Clatterbuck)
Clancy Brown
(Son)
Maggie Gyllenhaal
(Lorraine Thomas)
Sada Thompson
(Sister Evangeline)
Debra Christofferson
(Sister Bernadette)
Marissa Ribisi
(Angie)
Jill Gascoine
(Mother Corrine)
Nancy Moore Atchison
(Cecilia (age 15))
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