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).