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.
Dennis Hopper
as Joseph Svenden
Amy Irving
as Rosealee Henson
Amy Locane
as Catherine Wheeler
Julie Harris
as Joseph's Mother
Gary Busey
as Major Nathan Wheeler
Hal Holbrook
as Doctor Evans
Christopher Pettiet
as Robert Henson
Priscilla Pointer
as Lily Henson
Gail Cronauer
as Beverly
Joe Stevens
as School Board Man
Connie Cooper
as Charlotte
Eleese Lester
as Marie
