The current season of Mavericks, American films with a true independent spirit, continues with this drama starring Jessica Lange, Charles Durning

Kate is as proud and as stubborn as her father, Bertrum. Four generations of the family live in the far north of Minnesota, and, when her father is hospitalised, Kate finds it difficult to leave the big city and return home. This was playwright Sam Shepard's feature film directorial debut.

(Shepard stars in Volker Schlondorff's Voyager, which will be shown on Friday at 12 midnight.)
Director Sam Shepard (1988, 15)
* See Films: pages 42-48 **

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