“Charms for the Easy Life”

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Touching adaptation of Kaye Gibbons’s bestselling novel about a family of three generations of independent women living in a small town in the lush backwoods of North Carolina in the early 1940s. Gena Rowlands (‘Gloria’, ‘The Notebook’) plays the strong family matriarch, a compassionate herbalist and midwife who watches over her daughter and granddaughter like a hawk while occasionally upsetting the townsfolk with her outspoken opinions. Defying the tradition that women should be content to be wives, mothers and cooks, together they face the challenges that life throws at them., The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society. Charlie Kate is a self-proclaimed doctor in 19th-century North Carolina, treating any ailment with her roots and herbs.Meanwhile, daughter Sophia has inherited her mother’s wisdom and will, and granddaughter Margaret longs to defy heredity and discovers passion is a blessed gift., Charlie Kate Birch is the fiercely independent, unconventional matriarch who has brought her daughter and granddaughter to live with her in the North Carolina backwoods. There she proves to be a powerful, magnetic force within her community, earning respect as a mid-wife. Her daughter, Sophia, has been abandoned by her husband, and her cyncial granddaughter, Margaret, is on the lookout for a man. Together these three weather any number of storms – both natural and man-made – with grit, grace and Charlie’s unswerving perseverance., Charlie Kate Birch is an unlicensed healer and midwife in 1930s North Carolina. She raises an equally independent and spirited daughter, Sophia. Family drama about three generations of unorthodox women., Period drama about three generations of remarkable women living in the North Carolina backwoods. Together they face up to the trials of life and the challenges that nature and other people throw at them., In 1940s North Carolina, a matriarch (Gena Rowlands) and her daughter (Mimi Rogers) and granddaughter (Susan May Pratt) leave their individual marks on a rural town. Tom: Ken Mitchell. Baines: Geordie Johnson. Doctor: Wayne Robson. Charlie’s Husband: Ron Kennel. Sophia’s Husband: David Macniven. Louise: Judy White. Lynched Man: Rufus Crawford. Tad: Aaron Ashmore. Charles: Steve Behal. Dr. Trimble: Gary Brennan. Coroner: Robert Clarke., Based on the bestselling novel by Kaye Gibbons, the made-for-cable Charms for the Easy Life takes place in North Carolina during WWII. At the heart of the story is Charlie Kate (Gena Rowlands), an unconventional matriarch and midwife, who years earlier had been given a gift for homeopathic healing from a mysterious black gentleman. Charlie Kate, her widowed daughter Sophia (Mimi Rogers), and her granddaughter Margaret (Susan May Pratt) are a continual source of outrage for their tradition-bound white neighbors, especially because of Charlie’s insistence upon dispensing racially equal health care. This, however, does not mean that the feisty old lady is completely free of prejudice herself, as witness her skeptical reaction to daughter Sophia’s growing relationship with divorced lawyer Mr. Baines (Geordi Johnson) — and her simultaneous, wholehearted endorsement of Margaret’s romance with wounded GI Tom Hawkings (Kenneth Mitchell). Charms for the Easy Life originally aired August 18, 2002 on the Showtime cable network., In 1940s North Carolina, a matriarch and her daughter and granddaughter leave their individual marks on a rural town.

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Q: Who are the main cast members in “Charms for the Easy Life ” ?
A: The main cast includes Gena Rowlands,Mimi Rogers,Susan May Pratt,Kenneth Mitchell,Steve Behal,Aaron Ashmore,Gary Brennan,Robert Clarke,Wayne Robson,Patricia Welbourn,Geordie Johnson,David MacNiven,Stella Sprowell,Kirsten Kieferle,Christine Rotenberg,Dwight McFee,Kayla Perlmutter,Joanne Boland,Ron Kennel,Maggie Huculak,Judy White,Ron Kennell,Rufus Crawford,Angela Shelton,Chris Ciaffa,Jim Makiej,Mimi Rogers,Jean Lepine.

Q: When Did the “Charms for the Easy Life” Released?
A: The Movie “Charms for the Easy Life” originally aired on 2002-07-22 and released in the year of 2002.

Q: What Languages are available to watch “Charms for the Easy Life” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.

Q: Where to watch “Charms for the Easy Life” ?
A: “Charms for the Easy Life” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.

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