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The Patron Saint of Liars

On the run from the past, she found herself

The Patron Saint of Liars

1998-04-05
  • Drama
  • , Romance
1 hour 32 minutes

Unhappy in her marriage, expectant mother Rose (Dana Delany) flees to a home for unwed mothers in rural Tennessee in this adaptation of Ann Patchett's novel. When she stays on after her baby is born, Rose becomes friends with an elderly nun (Sada Thompson) and begins a relationship with the local handyman, Son (Clancy Brown). Everything seems fine until Rose's first husband tracks her down and she's forced to relive her troubled past.

Stephen GyllenhaalDirector
Ann PatchettNovel

Top Billed Cast

Dana Delany

Dana Delany

Rose Cleardon Abbott

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn

June Clatterbuck

Clancy Brown

Clancy Brown

Son

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Lorraine Thomas

Sada Thompson

Sada Thompson

Sister Evangeline

Debra Christofferson

Debra Christofferson

Sister Bernadette

Marissa Ribisi

Marissa Ribisi

Angie

Jill Gascoine

Jill Gascoine

Mother Corrine

Nancy Moore Atchison

Cecilia (age 15)

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