Carried Away

5.8 / 10

(12 votes)

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.

Country:
Genre:

Drama,

Romance

Duration:

109 minutes

Year:

1996

Director:

Bruno Barreto

Cast:
Dennis Hopper

Joseph Svenden

Amy Irving

Rosealee Henson

Amy Locane

Catherine Wheeler

Julie Harris

Joseph's Mother

Gary Busey

Major Nathan Wheeler

Crew:
Bruno Barreto

Director

Jim Harrison

Novel

Ed Jones

Writer

Bruno Barreto

Executive Producer

Paul Hertzberg

Producer