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The Patron Saint of Liars (1998)

4.7 | Apr 05, 1998 (US) | Drama, Romance | 01:32

On the run from the past, she found herself

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.

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Dana Delany
Rose Cleardon Abbott
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Ellen Burstyn
June Clatterbuck
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
Lorraine Thomas
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Sada Thompson
Sister Evangeline
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Debra Christofferson
Sister Bernadette
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Jill Gascoine
Mother Corrine
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Nancy Moore Atchison
Cecilia (age 15)