In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.

Christine Lahti
as Sylvie Fisher

Sara Walker
as Ruth

Andrea Burchill
as Lucille

Anne Pitoniak
as Aunt Lily

Barbara Reese
as Aunt Nona

Margot Pinvidic
as Helen

Bill Smillie
as Sheriff

Wayne Robson
as Principal

Betty Phillips
as Mrs. Jardine

Karen Elizabeth Austin
as Mrs. Paterson