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The Mermaid Chair (2006)
Directed by Steven Schachter
Overview
When her mentally ill, elderly mother begins mutilating herself, Jessie (Kim Basinger) returns to her hometown to care for her. Among familiar surroundings, she tends to her mother’s deteriorating mental condition while learning of troubling revelations about her family history. Meanwhile, though married, Jessie reconnects with old passions—including a turbulent affair with a monk named Hugh (Bruce Greenwood).
Length 88 minutes
Actors
Kim Basinger | Alex Carter | Bruce Greenwood | Roberta Maxwell | Debra Mooney | Lorena Gale | Ellie Harvie | Ken Pogue | Tori Anderson | Shaun Johnston | Alex Bruhanski | Terence Kelly | Joanne Wilson | Sy Pederson | L. Harvey Gold | Enid-Raye Adams | Tammy Gillis | Zemphira Gosling