The Patron Saint of Liars
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The Patron Saint of Liars

"On the run from the past, she found herself"

Unhappy in her marriage, expectant mother Rose (Dana Delany) flees to a home for unwed mothers in rural Tennessee in this adaptation of Ann Patchett's novel. When she stays on after her baby is born, Rose becomes friends with an elderly nun (Sada Thompson) and begins a relationship with the local handyman, Son (Clancy Brown). Everything seems fine until Rose's first husband tracks her down and she's forced to relive her troubled past.

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Cast

  • Dana Delany
    Dana Delany
    Rose Cleardon Abbott
  • Ellen Burstyn
    Ellen Burstyn
    June Clatterbuck
  • Clancy Brown
    Clancy Brown
    Son
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal
    Maggie Gyllenhaal
    Lorraine Thomas
  • Sada Thompson
    Sada Thompson
    Sister Evangeline
  • Debra Christofferson
    Debra Christofferson
    Sister Bernadette
  • Marissa Ribisi
    Marissa Ribisi
    Angie
  • Jill Gascoine
    Jill Gascoine
    Mother Corrine
  • Nancy Moore Atchison
    Cecilia (age 15)

Crew

  • Ann Patchett
    Novel
  • Lynn Roth
    Teleplay
  • Ann Kindberg
    Producer
  • Lynn Roth
    Executive Producer
  • Stephen Gyllenhaal
    Stephen Gyllenhaal
    Producer
  • Kenneth Kaufman
    Executive Producer
  • Ed Solorzano
    Producer
  • Ron Surma
    Casting
  • William Strom
    Production Design
  • Junie Lowry-Johnson
    Junie Lowry-Johnson
    Casting
  • Stephen M. Kelley
    Key Makeup Artist
  • Starr Jones
    Makeup Department Head
  • Scott Printz
    First Assistant Director
  • David C. Eichhorn
    Supervising Sound Editor
  • Dean Mumford
    Stunts
  • Stephen Gyllenhaal
    Stephen Gyllenhaal
    Director
  • Daniel Licht
    Music
  • Greg Gardiner
    Greg Gardiner
    Director of Photography
  • Brent White
    Brent White
    Editor
  • C. Daniel Hall
    Art Direction

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