Soft Fruit
- Original title
- Soft Fruit
- Year
- 1999
- Running time
- 101 min.
- Country
- Australia
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Jeanine Drynan
- Linal Haft
- Russell Dykstra
- Geneviève Lemon
- Sacha Horler
- Alicia Talbot
- Dion Bilios
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Australia-United States;
- Genre
- Comedy. Drama | Family Relationships
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Awards
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1999: San Sebastian: FIPRESCI
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