Places in the Heart
- USA Delphi II Productions 1984
- 1 DVD
- 112 min.
In 1930's Southern US, a widow and her family try to run their cotton farm with the help of a disparate group of friends.
Robert Benton Robert Benton
Edna Spalding finds herself alone and broke on a small farm in the midst of the Great Depression when her husband the Sheriff is killed in an accident. A wandering black man, Moses, helps her to plant cotten to try and keep her farm and her kids together. She also takes on a blind border, Mr. Will, who lost his sight in the first World War. She must endure storms and harsh labor to try and make her mortage payment on time.