In the Deep South of the 1930s, Rose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Her appearence and personality is such that all men fall for her, and she knows it. She can't help herself from getting into trouble with men.

Laura Dern
as Rose

Robert Duvall
as Mr. Hillyer

Diane Ladd
as Mrs. Hillyer

Lukas Haas
as Willcox "Buddy" Hillyer

John Heard
as Older Willcox "Buddy" Hillyer

Kevin Conway
as Dr. Martinson

Robert John Burke
as Dave Wilkie

Lisa Jakub
as Frances "Dolly" Hillyer

Evan Lockwood
as Warren "Waski" Hillyer

Matthew Sutherland
as Billy
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**_Sexcapades in the Deep South during the Depression_** In 1935, a young woman with a dubious past (Laura Dern) moves in with a family in a small town in Georgia, but her extraordinary sexuality causes complications for the patriarch (Robert Duvall) and his precocious 13 years-old son (Lukas Haa...