
Where does a mother end and a daughter begin?
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Cast
- Amy Aquino
- John Billingsley
- Elisa Bocanegra
- Darlene Bohorquez
- Solomon Burke Jr.
- Scott Allan Campbell
- Sam Catlin
- Debra Christofferson
- Billy Connolly
- Marc Donato
- Svetlana Efremova
- Patrick Fugit
- Vernon Haas
- Sean Happy
- Cole Hauser
- Leila Kenzle
- Cathy Ladman
- Drinda Lalumia
- Myra Lamar
- James Lashly
- James W. Lee
- Alison Lohman
- Daniel Mandehr
- DeVonda Manghane
- Taryn Manning
- Melissa Marsala
- Melissa McCarthy
- Roger McIntyre
- Dallas McKinney
- Brian Mulligan
- Allison Munn
- Robin Wright
- Michelle Pfeiffer
- Kali Rocha
- Stephen Root
- Jennifer Saxon
- Samantha Shelton
- Mark Soper
- Liz Stauber
- Carl Sundstrom
- James 'Kimo' Wills
- Noah Wyle
- Biff Yeager
- Renée Zellweger
- Mary Elizabeth Barrett
- Charles Constant
- Allen Lee Haff
- Jill Harris
- Terence Leclere
- Kiosha Lee
- Christopher Metas
- Stephen Milton
- Eric Moyer
- Vickie Rabjohn
- Margarita Reyes
- Tony Ross
- Gary Sievers
- Nicki Sixteen
- Oliver Theess
- Scott L. Treger
- Bree Michael Warner
- Elizabeth Woodward
Plots
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
Astrid Magnussen (Alison Lohman) is a fifteen-year-old girl, living in California. Her mother, Ingrid (Michelle Pfeiffer), is a beautiful, free-spirited poet. Their life, though unusual, is satisfying until one day, a man named Barry Kolker (Sir Billy Connolly) (that her mother refers to at first as "The goat man") comes into their lives, and Ingrid falls madly in love with him, only to have her heart broken, and her life ruined. For revenge, Ingrid murders Barry with the deadly poison of her favorite flower: the White Oleander. She is sent to prison for life, and Astrid has to go through foster home after foster home. Throughout nearly a decade, she experiences forbidden love, religion, near-death experiences, drugs, starvation, and how it feels to be loved. But throughout these years, she keeps in touch with her mother via letters to prison. And while Ingrid's gift is to give Astrid the power to survive, Astrid's gift is to teach her Mother about love.