Summary

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. Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback, Rose Lorkowski (Academy Award nominee Amy Adams) now finds herself a thirty something single mother working as a maid.

Cast

Amy Adams … Rose Lorkowski

Emily Blunt … Norah Lorkowski

Alan Arkin … Joe

Jason Spevack … Oscar Lorkowski

Steve Zahn … Mac

Mary Lynn Rajskub … Lynn

Clifton Collins Jr. … Winston

Eric Christian Olsen … Randy

Kevin Chapman … Carl Swanson

Release Dates

USA 18 January 2008 (Sundance Film Festival)

Germany 8 February 2008 (European Film Market)

France 11 September 2008 (Deauville American Film Festival)

Germany 30 September 2008 (Hamburg Film Festival)

USA 13 March 2009 (limited)