Release Date: 1996-01-26
Overview: Based on Jim Harrison's book, "Farmer". 47-year-old Joseph Svenden lives on the family farm with his dying mother and teaches at a two room schoolhouse with Rosealee, his lover and his best friend's widow. Joseph, who lacks a college degree, learns that he will lose his teaching job at the end of the year when the school district expands into his town. Meanwhile, he is seduced by 17-year-old Catherine, a new student in his class. His affair with Catherine and losing his teaching job forces Joseph to take a look at his previously dull life and to decide how he wants to live the rest of it.
Rating: 5.4 / 10
Dennis Hopper
as Joseph Svenden
Amy Irving
as Rosealee Henson
Amy Locane
as Catherine Wheeler
Julie Harris
as Joseph's Mother
Gary Busey
as Major Nathan Wheeler
Bruno Barreto - Director
Jim Harrison - Novel
Bruno Barreto - Executive Producer
Paul Hertzberg - Producer
Lisa M. Hansen - Producer
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