A gifted teenager, dreaming of life beyond her small town, becomes inspired when a 15-year-old girl from New York moves in next door.
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Liane Balaban
Moonie Pottie
Tara Spencer-Nairn
Lou Benzoa
Mary Walsh
Cookie Pottie
Nicholas Campbell
Francis Pottie
Cathy Moriarty
Midge Benzoa
Andrew McCarthy
Cecil Sweeney
Cassie MacDonald
Darlene Pottie
Mark McKinney
Doctor Hogan
Darren Keay
Kevin Curran
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