36 reviews
Drama/Music
1h 49m
2001
After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in Appalachia. There...

After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in Appalachia. There she stumbles upon the discovery of her life - a treasure trove of ancient Scots-Irish ballads, songs that have been handed down from generation to generation, preserved intact by the seclusion of the mountains. With the goal of securing her promotion, Lily ventures into the most isolated areas of the mountains to collect the songs and finds herself increasingly enchanted.
- DirectorMaggie Greenwald
- Release1 March 2001
- Genre
- Duration1h 49m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate36 reviews
- Productions
Rigas Entertainment, ErgoArts
Cast

Janet McTeer
Professor Lily Penleric, PhD

Michael Goodwin
Professor Wallace Aldrich, PhD

Jane Adams
Eleanor 'Elna' Penleric

E. Katherine Kerr
Harriet Tolliver

Emmy Rossum
Deladis Slocumb

Pat Carroll
Viney Butler

Stephanie Roth Haberle
Alice Kincaid

Aidan Quinn
Tom Bledsoe

Bart Hansard
Hilliard

David Patrick Kelly
Earl Giddens

Michael Harding
Reese Kincaid

Taj Mahal
Dexter Speaks

Iris DeMent
Rose Gentry

Rhoda Griffis
Clementine McFarland
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