Movie
A Map of the World
Overview
School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice finds herself fighting charges of child abuse.
Details
- Release date
- 1999-09-13
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Overseas FilmGroup, Cineventa, First Look International, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Sigourney Weaver as Alice Goodwin
- Julianne Moore as Theresa Collins
- David Strathairn as Howard Goodwin
- Arliss Howard as Paul Reverdy
- Chloë Sevigny as Carole Mackessy
- Sara Rue as Debbie
- Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Dyshett
- Nicole Ari Parker as Sherry
- Bruklin Harris as Lynelle
- Lisa Emery as Susan Durkin
- Ron Lea as Dan Collins
- Louise Fletcher as Nellie Goodwin
Crew
- Scott Elliott - Director
- Peter Hedges - Screenplay
- Polly Platt - Screenplay
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