Characters & Themes
Cold Sassy Tree (1989) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1989 · 95 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Joan Tewkesbury
- Starring
- Neil Patrick Harris, Jay O. Sanders, Faye Dunaway, Frances Fisher, Tim Ware, Samantha Mathis
Set in a small Southern town in the early 1900s, a headstrong Northern woman shocks the community by marrying the older general‑store owner just three weeks after his wife's death, igniting gossip and challenging the town’s strict social norms. Their partnership forces locals to reassess notions of propriety and love.
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