Places in the Heart

1984 PG-13 1h 51m

7.2 / 10 193

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7.2/10

193

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In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.

Director Robert Benton

Writers

Robert Benton

Stars

Sally Field Lindsay Crouse John Malkovich

Sheriff Royce Spalding

Texas Voice #1 (voice)

Drama

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Wuchak 11 Jun 2024

7/10

**_Outcasts unite as a family of sorts in the Lone Star State during the Depression_** After a tragedy, a desperate mother (Sally Field) in rural east Texas takes in a blind boarder (John Malkovich) and enlists the help of a questionable black drifter (Danny Glover) in order to make ends meet, with the possibility of a cotton crop. "Places in the Heart" (1984) belongs to the troubled farmer ...