Over the course of several years beginning in the 1950s, a man and his oddball family run hotels in New England and Vienna, as unexpected events change their lives forever.

Jodie Foster
as Franny Berry

Beau Bridges
as Win Berry

Rob Lowe
as John Berry

Nastassja Kinski
as Susie the Bear

Wilford Brimley
as Iowa Bob

Paul McCrane
as Frank Berry

Jennifer Dundas
as Lilly Berry

Wallace Shawn
as Freud

Lisa Banes
as Mother Berry

Amanda Plummer
as Miss Miscarriage