Based on Jim Harrison's book, "Farmer". 47-year-old Joseph Svenden lives on the family farm with his dying mother and teaches at a two room schoolhouse with Rosealee, his lover and his best friend's widow. Joseph, who lacks a college degree, learns that he will lose his teaching job at the end of the year when the school district expands into his town. Meanwhile, he is seduced by 17-year-old Catherine, a new student in his class. His affair with Catherine and losing his teaching job forces Joseph to take a look at his previously dull life and to decide how he wants to live the rest of it.
as Joseph Svenden
as Rosealee Henson
as Catherine Wheeler
as Joseph's Mother
as Major Nathan Wheeler
as Doctor Evans
as Robert Henson
as Lily Henson
as Beverly
as School Board Man
as Charlotte
as Marie
as Frank
as Young Joseph
as Young Joseph's Mother
