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.
Amy Irving | Rosealee Henson | |
Amy Locane | Catherine Wheeler | |
Julie Harris | Joseph's Mother | |
Gary Busey | Major Nathan Wheeler | |
Hal Holbrook | Doctor Evans | |
Christopher Pettiet | Robert Henson |
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