A single mom and her slacker sister find
an unexpected way to turn their lives around in the off-beat
dramatic comedy Sunshine Cleaning. Directed by Christine
Jeffs (Rain, Sylvia), this uplifting film about an average
family that finds the path to its dreams in an unlikely
setting screened in competition at the 2008 Sundance Film
Festival.
Sunshine Cleaning’s stellar cast includes Academy AwardÆ
nominee Amy Adams (Enchanted), OscarÆ winner Alan Arkin
(Little Miss Sunshine), Golden GlobeÆ winner Emily Blunt
(The Devil Wears Prada), Steve Zahn (Happy, Texas), Clifton
Collins, Jr. (Capote), Mary Lynn Rajskub (“24”) and Jason
Spevack (Hollywoodland). The film is directed by Jeffs from
a screenplay by Megan Holley. Producers are Glenn
Williamson, Jeb Brody, and Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf
of Big Beach Films. Editor is Heather Persons. John Toon is
director of photography. Production designer is Joe Garrity
and art director is Guy Barnes. Costume design is by Alix
Friedberg.
Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the
quarterback, Rose Lorkowski (Amy Adams) now finds herself a
thirty-something single mother working as a maid. Her sister
Norah, (Emily Blunt), is still living at home with their dad
Joe (Alan Arkin), a salesman with a lifelong history of
ill-fated get rich quick schemes.
Desperate to get her son into a better school, Rose
persuades Norah to go into the crime scene clean-up business
with her to make some quick cash. In no time, the girls are
up to their elbows in murders, suicides and
other…specialized situations. As they climb the ranks in a
very dirty job, the sisters find new respect for one another
and the closeness they have always craved finally blossoms.
By building their own improbable business, Rose and Norah
open the door to the joys and challenges of being there for
one another—no matter what—while discovering personal
healing in the most unexpected way.
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