Manny & Lo is a 1996 comedy-drama film directed by Lisa Krueger, starring Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson is an American actress, model and singer.Johansson made her film debut in North and was later nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in Manny & Lo . She rose to further prominence with her roles in The Horse Whisperer and Ghost World...

, Aleksa Palladino

Aleksa Palladino

Aleksa Palladino is an Italian American actress and singer, perhaps best known for her lead roles in Manny & Lo, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, Find Me Guilty, Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.-Life and career:Palladino was born in New York City, where she grew up...

, and Mary Kay Place

Mary Kay Place

Mary Kay Place is an American actress, singer, director and screen writer. She is best known as portraying Loretta Haggers on the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, a role which won her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series in 1977...

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Plot

Two sisters, 11-year-old Amanda (nicknamed Manny) and 16-year-old Laurel (nicknamed Lo), runaway from several foster homes, sleeping wherever they can including model homes. But when Lo becomes pregnant, the two find that they can't make it through this crisis on their own. With nowhere else to turn, they decided to kidnap Elaine, a clerk at a baby supply store. But it seems that Elaine just may need Manny and Lo as much as they need her.

Cast

• Mary Kay Place
  Mary Kay Place
  Mary Kay Place is an American actress, singer, director and screen writer. She is best known as portraying Loretta Haggers on the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, a role which won her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series in 1977...
  
   as Elaine
• Scarlett Johansson
  Scarlett Johansson
  Scarlett Johansson is an American actress, model and singer.Johansson made her film debut in North and was later nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in Manny & Lo . She rose to further prominence with her roles in The Horse Whisperer and Ghost World...
  
   as Manny
• Aleksa Palladino
  Aleksa Palladino
  Aleksa Palladino is an Italian American actress and singer, perhaps best known for her lead roles in Manny & Lo, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, Find Me Guilty, Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.-Life and career:Palladino was born in New York City, where she grew up...
  
   as Lo
• Dean Silvers as Suburban Family
• Marlen Hecht as Suburban Family
• Forrest Silvers as Suburban Family
• Tyler Silvers as Suburban Family
• Lisa Campion as Convience Store Clerk
• Glenn Fitzgerald as Joey
• Novella Nelson as Georgine
• Susan Decker as Baby Store Customer #1
• Marla Zuk as Baby Store Customer #2
• Bonnie Johnson as Baby Store Customer #3
• Melissa Johnson as Child
• Angie Phillips as Connie
• Cameron Boyd as Chuck
• Paul Guilfoyle
  Paul Guilfoyle
  Paul Guilfoyle is an American television and film actor. He is currently a regular cast member of the forensic television drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation where he plays Captain Jim Brass.-Early life:...
  
   as Country House Owner
• Tony Arnaud as Sheriff
• Nicholas Lent as Lo's Baby

Trivia

• The family that Manny and Lo are watching on the golf course are Scarlett Johansson
  Scarlett Johansson
  Scarlett Johansson is an American actress, model and singer.Johansson made her film debut in North and was later nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in Manny & Lo . She rose to further prominence with her roles in The Horse Whisperer and Ghost World...
  
  's real-life parents, brother and sister.