The Mermaid Chair

4.0 (13 votes)• 2006• 88m•Released

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When her mentally ill, elderly mother begins mutilating herself, Jessie (Kim Basinger) returns to her hometown to care for her. Among familiar surroundings, she tends to her mother's deteriorating mental condition while learning of troubling revelations about her family history. Meanwhile, though married, Jessie reconnects with old passions -- including a turbulent affair with a monk named Hugh (Bruce Greenwood).

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Director: Steven Schachter

Starring Cast: Kim Basinger, Alex Carter, Bruce Greenwood, Roberta Maxwell, Debra Mooney, Lorena Gale

Cast

Kim Basinger

Jessie Sullivan

Alex Carter

Brother 'Whit' Thomas

Bruce Greenwood

Hugh Sullivan

Roberta Maxwell

Nelle

Debra Mooney

Kat

Lorena Gale

Hepzibah

Ellie Harvie

Benne

Ken Pogue

Father Dominic

Tori Anderson

Dee Sullivan

Shaun Johnston

Joseph Dubois

Alex Bruhanski

Shem

Terence Kelly

Dom Anthony

Joanne Wilson

Woman Patient

Sy Pederson

Brother Timothy

L. Harvey Gold

Tourist

Enid-Raye Adams

Young Nelle

Tammy Gillis

Young Kat

Zemphira Gosling

Young Jesse

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