Square Dance (1987)

Directed by

Daniel Petrie

Genre

drama film, teen film, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl raised by her grandparents in a small Texas town reconnects with her free-spirited mother. She also develops a friendship with a mentally disabled young man, leading to painful confrontations and growing pains.

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What happens

Square Dance (television broadcast title: Home Is Where the Heart Is) is a 1987 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Daniel Petrie from a screenplay by Alan Hines, based on his novel of the same name. The film stars Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Winona Ryder, and Rob Lowe, and was released on February 20, 1987, by Island Pictures. It earned Lowe his only Golden Globe Award nomination for a film role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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