Sweetie (1989)

97 min · Coming Of Age, Family Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, comedy film

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Directors

Jane Campion

Cast

Geneviève Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, Jon Darling, Dorothy Barry

The story

The story focuses on a dysfunctional Australian family that includes two daughters: Dawn (nicknamed "Sweetie"), a lively, but erratic, and often delusional woman who fancies herself an actor, and her uptight, sullen, and superstitious sister Kay, a factory worker who has a boyfriend named Louis. Their parents, Flo and Gordon, are having serious marital problems. Kay loves Louis because the words of a fortune teller portended she would end up with him.

Catalogue themes and tags

Mädchen mit langen schwarzen Haaren, strange Family, Black comedy, Drama, Comedy, World cinema, Indie

Genres

Coming Of Age, Family Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, comedy film

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