The Mermaid Chair

When her mentally ill, elderly mother begins mutilating herself, Jessie (Kim Basinger) returns to her hometown to care for her. Among familiar surroundings, she tends to her mother's deteriorating mental condition while learning of troubling revelations about her family history. Meanwhile, though married, Jessie reconnects with old passions -- including a turbulent affair with a monk named Hugh (Bruce Greenwood).

Cast

Kim Basinger

as Jessie Sullivan

Alex Carter

as Brother 'Whit' Thomas

Bruce Greenwood

as Hugh Sullivan

Roberta Maxwell

as Nelle

Debra Mooney

as Kat

Lorena Gale

as Hepzibah

Ellie Harvie

as Benne

Ken Pogue

as Father Dominic

Tori Anderson

as Dee Sullivan

Shaun Johnston

as Joseph Dubois

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