Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio (film)

Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio
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 by	Bryar Freed
Directed by	Terry Cunningham
Starring	Sarah Lancaster Tom Everett Scott Kelly McGillis
Production
Producer(s)	Cindy Bond Chevonne O'Shaughnessy George Shamieh
Cinematography	Adam N. White
Editor(s)	Brett Hedlund
Running time	~90 minutes
Distributor	Mission Pictures International
Release
Original network	Up (TV network)
Original release	June 1, 2014 (2014-06-01) (US)

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.

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.

• Stephanie Anne Fowler (the pregnant teenager from the novel) was not included in the film, and the character was replaced by Elise for the film.
• Dr. Robert Matthias (Joe's estranged father from the novel) was not included in the film.
• Troyer (The family name Troyer was replaced by a less common, for the Sugarcreek area, name Troyler)

Cast

Main Cast

Support Roles

References

External links

• Official Serena B. Miller US web site
• Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, Ohio at the Internet Movie Database
• Mission Pictures International
• Up TV
• Belltower Productions
• Three Point Capital