Digging to China

Two innocent outcasts. One incredible friendship.

Digging to China — Plot

Precocious young Harriet and her older sister Gwen live at their mother's motel in small-town New Hampshire. Harriet dreams of a life beyond her inattentive family and the stultifying town. A mentally disabled man named Ricky comes to stay at the motel, and Harriet finds him kinder and more interesting than anyone she has ever met. After tragedy strikes, Harriet and Ricky cling to each other ever more tightly.

• Release date
• July 7, 1997
• Runtime
• 98 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Timothy Hutton

Digging to China — Cast

Evan Rachel Wood Harriet Frankovitz Kevin Bacon Ricky Schroth Mary Stuart Masterson Gwen Frankovitz Marian Seldes Leah Schroth Cathy Moriarty Mrs. Frankovitz Bing Putney Eric

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Joanne Pankow Nurse J.C. Quinn Minister