Sisters Charlotte and Lucy Bonnard live together in the gloomy Louisiana family mansion that they’ve turned into a boarding house. But when a mysterious young man enters their lives, the sisters are forced to confront their dark pasts.
Bill Condon
Director
Eric Stoltz
Matt Rutledge
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Lucy Bonnard
Judith Ivey
Charlotte Bonnard
Dennis Lipscomb
Cleve Doucet
Anne Pitoniak
Mrs. Bettlehelm
Benjamin Mouton
Etienne LeViolette
Natalija Nogulich
Fran Steuben
Richard Minchenberg
Lenny Steuben
Bobby Pickett
Roger
Jason Saucier
Jud Nevins
Jerry Leggio
Mr. Bonnard
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