Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio (film)

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Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio
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Title screenshot of promotional release (No theatrical poster as of yet)
Genre Family
Amish
Inspirational Romance
Based on Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio (novel)
by Serena B. Miller
Written by Serena B. Miller
Screenplay byBryar Freed
Directed by Terry Cunningham
Starring Sarah Lancaster
Tom Everett Scott
Kelly McGillis
Production
Producers Cindy Bond
Chevonne O'Shaughnessy
George Shamieh
Cinematography Adam N. White
Editor Brett Hedlund
Running time~90 minutes
Original release
Network Up (TV network)
ReleaseJune 1, 2014 (2014-06-01)

Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio (titled Stranger In An Amish Town in the UK) is a film adaption of the novel of the same title by Serena B. Miller. Directed by Terry Cunningham, produced by George Shamieh, distributed by Mission Pictures International, [1] production by Belltower Productions, and funded by Three Point Capital. [2] The production was filmed on location [3] in Holmes County, Ohio with a majority of the filming taking place in Sugarcreek, Ohio during the fall of 2013 which coincided with the time frame set by the Novel. The film first aired on Up (TV network) [4] in June, 2014, with a subsequent release scheduled later internationally and on DVD.

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Plot summary

Rachel Troyer (Sarah Lancaster) is a smart, focused, single policewoman in the quaint town of Sugarcreek, nicknamed "The Little Switzerland of Ohio" [5] and located about an hour south of Akron, in the heart of Amish country. She frequently looks in on her three kindly Amish aunts Bertha (Kelly McGillis), Anna (Marianna Alacchi) and Lydia (Annie Kitral), who raised Rachel from girlhood after she was orphaned and are the proprietors of a picturesque, although faded, farmhouse inn. When a mysterious, scruffy stranger, Joe (Tom Everett Scott), shows up on the inn’s doorstep with his five-year-old son, Bobby (Thomas Kapanowski), the aunts insist on taking the pair in as a matter of faith and good will. Rachel’s police instincts immediately tell her that this seemingly broke outsider is much too refined to be the drifter he presents himself to be. So, while the aunts welcome Joe as a handyman and enjoy having a child around the Sugar Haus Inn again, a wary, suspicious – yet attracted – Rachel becomes determined to uncover his identity. Her digging not only reveals his surprising identity, but the fact that he’s run away from his home, his life, and a shocking unsolved murder. Unfortunately, Rachel’s digging doesn’t go unnoticed, which brings Joe’s past – and its violence – right into this quiet Amish community. [4]

Differences

Although the majority of the script stays true to the novel, there are a few differences including some character name changes and the addition or subtraction of some characters.

Cast

Actor/ActressCharacterNotes
Sarah Lancaster Rachel Troyler
Tom Everett Scott Joe Matthewsaka Micah Matthias
Thomas Kapanowski Bobby Matthewsaka Bobby Matthias
Kelly McGillis [6] Bertha Troyler
Annie Kitral Lydia Troyler
Marianna Alacchi Anna Troyler
Gregory Violand Police Chief Ed Spencer
John Eby Fire Chief Sam Phillips
Nicole Baadan Kim
Geoffrey Hoffman Dylan Matthiasaka Darren Matthias in the Novel
Katherine DeBoer Chloe Stylesaka Henrietta Stiles in the Novel
Chris Van Vliet Reporter #1
Jeanne Madison Reporter #2

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