The Mermaid Chair (2006)
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).
- Released
- 2006-09-09
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Steven Schachter
- TMDB rating
- 4.0/10 from 13 votes
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
- Alex Bruhanski as Shem
- Terence Kelly as Dom Anthony