Lily Dale (1996)

2 | Jun 09, 1996 (US) | Drama, TV Movie | 01:38

small town texas based on true story stepfather young man bitterness dead father older brother younger sister family tension estrangement return home 1910s semi-biographical reunite family estrangement adapted from a play

The past is only dangerous when you try to forget.

In 1910, 19-year-old Horace Robedaux, still bitter toward his stepfather, goes to Houston to be reunited with his mother, Corella, and his sister, Lily Dale, following a long estrangement. He has not seen either since he was 12 because his wicked stepfather, Pete Davenport (whom his mother married after his father drank himself to death) believes a boy ought to be self-reliant.