From Richard Peck's 1971 novel 'Don't Look And It Won't Hurt'. He is noted for young adult literature spawned by failed career as teacher at junior high. Allison herself apparently had a rough background - the film has a tough realistic edge on relationships between single mother (Brooke Adams) and two very different daughters (Ione Skye and Fiaruza Balk). Apart from some gang rapists most of the key males fortunately turn out OK (Robert Knepper, David Lansbury and Jacob Vargas) though James Brolin is the shiftless ex and Chris Mulkey a married lover.
Allison then worked mainly in TV. As to Ione, who we've seen more of than we bargained for twice this week (I think the only sex scene in a cave I've seen), she's been steadily working, but not really in anything you would have heard of. It's perhaps Fairuza whose performance is the most natural as the Spanish movie fan (though why? The Elvia Rivero pictures look awfully dull.) She didn't have the most glittery career either, though does appear in Almost Famous. Perhaps then a career best for all the girls?
New Mexico setting well caught.
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