Percy Talbot (Alison Elliott) has had few choices in her twenty-something life but she'll make the most of this one. She's chosen Gilead, Maine, as her new home. The town's Spitfire Grill has offered her a second chance. It's not just the burnt toast at the diner, owned by feisty Hannah Ferguson (Academy AwardŽ winner* Ellen Burstyn), that has folks wondering about Percy. It's that she's been in prison the past five years.
A superb tale of hope and healing, this winner of the 1996 Sundance Film-Festival Audience Award embraces viewers everywhere with its tender spirit. Moving performances by Marcia Gay
Harden, Will Patton and the sensitive screenplay and direction of Lee David Zlotoff and glowing New England vistas coalesce into a movie of genuine feeling. Redemption is served at The Spitfire Grill.