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Ellen Foster

Ellen Foster

TV-PG1997Drama
Synopsis
In this TV movie set in the American South during the 1980s, 11-year-old Ellen (Jena Malone) enters a life of hardship after her mother's suicide. Fleeing her abusive father, she goes first to live with her bitter grandmother (Julie Harris) and then is shuttled to one strange household after another, always beset by new problems and difficulties but gaining strength and insight along the way. The title of the film refers to her misunderstanding the phrase "foster family."
Cast
Julie Harris, Jena Malone, Ted Levine, Glynnis O'Connor, Debra Monk, Barbara Garrick, Kate Burton, Zeljko Ivanek, Lynne Moody, Bill Nunn, Dick O'Neill, Kimberly Brown, Allison Jones, Davenia McFadden, Timothy Olyphant, Amanda Peet, Sean Allan, Cheralynn Bailey, Lorena Gale, Charles Gray, Michael Hogan, Helen Honeywell, Don Mackay, Sheila Moore, Sheila Paterson, Brent Strait, Helen Taylor, Neil Vipond
Rating
TV-PGViolence
Genres
Drama

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