Where the Heart Is - Natalie Portman Directed by Matt Williams (2000) Novalee Nation is a pregnant 17-year-old from Tennessee heading to California with her boyfriend Willie Jack, but is abandoned by him at a Wal-Mart store in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. Novalee has no job, no skills and only $5.55 in her pocket, so she secretly lives in the Wal-Mart until her daughter Americus is born six weeks later. Novalee decides to raise her daughter and rebuild her life in Sequoyah, with the help of eccentric but kind strangers. Based on the best-selling novel by Billie Letts. Cast: Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing, Joan Cusack, James Frain, Dylan Bruno, Ray Prewitt, Sally Fields. Props and Wardrobe Natalie Portman wears this peach colored shirt with red flowers with blue denim sleeveless jumper with embroidered flowers in the scene while waiting on her mother to pick her up from the hospital. [Lone Star Entertainment COA] Natalie's peach colored shirt with red flowers with blue denim sleeveless jumper with embroidered flowers. Natlie Portman Natalie waiting on her mom at the hospital.