Lily Dale

“The past is only dangerous when you try to forget.”

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.

Director

Peter Masterson

Screenplay

Horton Foote

Music

Peter Rodgers Melnick

Status

Released

Release date

09/06/1996

Original language

English