It follows a divorced mother and telephone switchboard operator living with her two sons in a small town during World War II. The film was Spacek’s first film after her Academy Award-winning performance in Coal Miner’s Daughter, and was also her first film to be directed by her husband.
The film follows a divorced mother and telephone switchboard operator living with her two sons in a small town during World War II. The movie was Spacek's first film after her Academy Award-winning performance in Coal Miner’s Daughter, and it was also her first film to be directed by her husband.