Directed by:
Maggie GreenwaldCinematography:
Enrique ChediakComposer:
David MansfieldCast:
Janet McTeer, Emmy Rossum, Aidan Quinn, David Patrick Kelly, Muse Watson, Rhoda Griffis, Jane Adams, Andrea Powell, Pat Carroll, Greg Huge, Iris DeMent (more)Plots(1)
When musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric (Janet McTeer) is passed over for a prominent teaching position, she leaves the city to visit her sister in the beautifully rugged mountains of Appalachia. It is here she discovers a wellspring of emotional tunes passed down from the original Irish and Scottish immigrants who settled in these parts. Determined to document the history of the songs, she immerses herself in mountain life, falls in love with a local musician, Aidan Quinn, and is profoundly changed by the generosity, strength, and freedom of the fiercely proud mountain people. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Janet McTeer
UK
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Emmy Rossum
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Aidan Quinn
USA
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David Patrick Kelly
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Muse Watson
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Rhoda Griffis
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Jane Adams
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Andrea Powell
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Pat Carroll
USA
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Greg Huge
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Iris DeMent
USA
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Taj Mahal
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Danny Nelson
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E. Katherine Kerr
USA
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Michael Goodwin
USA
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Steve Boles
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