When Rose, an exuberant young woman played by Laura Dern (Jurassic Park), moves in with a Southern family to care for their children, their lives are changed forever. Rose relates to everyone she meets in the only way she knows how with an innocent, but highly charged sexuality that she cannot restrain. Robert Duvall (The Godfather) co-stars as Daddy, a man whose traditional values clash with Rose's. Diane Ladd Dern's real-life mother plays Mother, who offers Rose protection and love despite the scandal she creates. Directed with subtlety and passion by the brilliant Martha Coolidge (Valley Girl, Real Genius).