Lantern Hill
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Lantern Hill

8.0 / 10 1989 1h 51mG English
DramaFamilyTV Movie

Storyline

Jane, a young Toronto girl, tries to reunite her estranged parents during the 1930’s, sick of her strict private school and abusive, nasty grandmother.

Cast & Crew

MB

Mairon Bennett

Jane Stuart

Lead
Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Andrew Stuart

PP

Patricia Phillips

Robin Stuart

Zoe Caldwell

Zoe Caldwell

Mrs. Kennedy

Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley

Jody Turner

Colleen Dewhurst

Colleen Dewhurst

Hepzibah

VR

Vivian Reis

Aunt Irene

JC

Joyce Campion

Violet Titus

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kevin Sullivan's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Lantern Hill is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker