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Soft Fruit (1999)
Directed by Christina Andreef
“It's not where you're going in life - it's who's going with you.”
Comedy, Drama · 1h 41m
For the first time in 15 years, all four siblings in a family show up to care for their dying mother, who is only given a couple of weeks to live. One comes from America with her two children. A divorced sister also comes with her child and sneaks off regularly to meet a mystery man who may be her ex-husband. The third & youngest daughter is an unmarried nurse aware of her ticking biological clock. The only son chases after his grumpy father who seems to not care a whit about his wife's circumstances. The four are also faced my their mother's dreams to accomplish a few things before she dies - to visit a beach she had visited in the past, to see her youngest married, and to visit Paris. She also wants to be embalmed and be honored with a 21 gun salute. Thus the whole group has to set off in the quest to fulfill their mother's wishes.
Cast
Jeanie Drynan
Linal Haft
Russell Dykstra
Geneviève Lemon
Sacha Horler
Glenn Butcher
Crew
- Director
- Christina Andreef
- Writer
- Christina Andreef
- Director of Photography
- László Baranyai
- Editor
- Jane Moran
- Producer
- Helen Bowden
Details
- Release date
- 1999-10-28
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Australia, United States of America
- Production
- New South Wales Film & Television Office, Australian Film Finance Corporation, Fox Searchlight Pictures