Soft Fruit
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.
Year: 1999
Studio: New South Wales Film & Television Office, Australian Film Finance Corporation, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director: Christina Andreef
Cast: Jeanie Drynan, Linal Haft, Russell Dykstra, Geneviève Lemon, Sacha Horler, Alicia Talbot
Crew: Helen Bowden (Producer), Antony Partos (Music), László Baranyai (Director of Photography), Jane Moran (Editor), Glen W. Johnson (Set Decoration), Paul Heath (Art Direction)
Runtime: 101 minutes
Release: Oct 28, 1999
IMDb: 3.30/10 by 3 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Australia, United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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