"The heart is a lonely hunter."
A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.
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John Travolta
Bobby Long
Scarlett Johansson
Pursy Will
Gabriel Macht
Lawson Pines
Deborah Kara Unger
Georgianna
Dane Rhodes
Cecil
David Jensen
Junior
Clayne Crawford
Lee
Sonny Shroyer
Earl
Carol Sutton
Ruthie
Walter Breaux
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