Like a House on Fire

Mar 26, 2021

1h 25m

★ 7.2

Overview

Dara returns home to reconnect with her husband and her young daughter, whom she left two years earlier. When she arrives, she discovers that a woman who is seven months pregnant has taken her place and that her daughter no longer recognizes her.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Colonelle Films

Woods Entertainment

Like a House on Fire Trailers

Cast

Dara

Sarah Sutherland

Danny

Jared Abrahamson

Thérèse

Dominique Provost-Chalkley

Isabel

Margaux Vaillancourt

Audrey

Amanda Brugel

Jordan

Hubert Lenoir

Katherine

Sheila McCarthy

Nancy

Yanna McIntosh

Jack

Michael Riley

Bernice

Kayla Hutton

Ms. Shaw

Erin Noble

Preteen Girl

Madeline UJ Swan

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