Lily Dale

Lily Dale

The past is only dangerous when you try to forget.

PG 1996 · 98 min · ★ 3.7 · Drama, TV Movie

In 1910, 19-year-old Horace Robedaux, still bitter toward his stepfather, goes to Houston to be reunited with his mother, Corella, and his sister, Lily Dale, following a long estrangement. He has not seen either since he was 12 because his wicked stepfather, Pete Davenport (whom his mother married after his father drank himself to death) believes a boy ought to be self-reliant.

Directed by Peter Masterson · Written by Horton Foote

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