Home Before Dark (1997)
110 min
It's 1963 in rural Massachusetts, and Nora James has the usual worries of an eleven year-old girl:lipstick, first crushes, staying out of trouble at school...not easy when your teacher is the elderly Sister Concilia. And even harder when your parents are struggling to heal from an almost unbearable loss. Then tragedy strikes another Massachusetts family, the Kennedys, and shatters the fragile bonds holding the James family together, Nora, sent to live with her brittle Aunt Rose, soon learns who she is, what she wants, and what she must do to achieve it. She makes a decision that is both cruel and courageous. Nora's choice unlocks the way to what amounts to the rescue of her family. (Maureen Foley, writer/director of the film)
- Release date
- September 27, 1997
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Stephanie Castellarin as Nora James
- Brian Delate as Martin James
- Ellen Stone as School Nun
- Katharine Ross as Rose
- Patricia Kalember as Dolores James
- Helen Lloyd Breed as Sister Concilia
- Anne Brady as Aunt Cissie
- Peter Bubriski as Walter
- Eric John Cassie as Mailman
- Eric Chandonnet as Schoolboy
Crew
- Maureen Foley · Director
- Maureen Foley · Writer
- Dorothy Aufiero · Producer
- David Collins · Producer
- Maureen Foley · Producer
- Michael Williams · Producer
- Jeanine Cowen · Composer
- Brian Heller · Cinematographer
- Mark Petersson · Cinematographer
- James Rutenbeck · Editor
- Susan Willett · Casting director
- Kathleen Rosen · Production designer