- HD 1080
- Runtime: 116m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Bill Forsyth
- Stars: Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, Andrea Burchill, Anne Pitoniak, Barbara Reese
- keywords: small town, based on novel or book, train accident
- Production_studio: Columbia Pictures
- Slogan: The story of a woman slightly distracted by the possibilities of life.
- The Housekeeping is featured in the top rankings of 1987
- #50 in Top Comedy Movies of 1987
- #75 in Top Drama Movies of 1987
In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.