'Plainsong' appeals to Quinn's rural side

'Rural characters are so under-represented," says actor AidanQuinn. That's one reason he did "Plainsong," the quietly, eloquentCBS movie airing at 8 p.m. Sunday on WBBM-Channel 2.

The story itself could be universal: A high school teacherstruggles with the problems of his depressed wife, their two sons anda pregnant teenager in his class. Then his wife leaves him and theboys. The settings and reactions, however, are richly rural. Wordsand emotions are parceled carefully.

"He's struggling to hold up his responsibilities to all thesepeople," says Quinn, 45. "Deep down, he's probably angry at his wife.But he knows he's got to go on."

Produced under the "Hallmark …