Soft Fruit

10/28/1999

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1hr 41min

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Comedy

,Drama

It's not where you're going in life - it's who's going with you.

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Jeanie Drynan
  • Linal Haft
  • Russell Dykstra
  • Geneviève Lemon
  • Sacha Horler

    Directors

  • Jeremy Grogan
  • Tom Read
  • Charles Rotherham
  • Jo Weeks
  • Christina Andreef

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • New South Wales Film & Television Office
  • Australian Film Finance Corporation
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures

    Production Countries

  • Australia
  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English