Released:
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.

Director:
Bruno Barreto

Runtime:
1h 49min

Genre:
Drama, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  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