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Soft Fruit

It's not where you're going in life - it's who's going with you.
Oct 28, 1999 · 1h 41m
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Comedy
Drama

PLOT

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.

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CAST

Jeanie Drynan
Patsy
Linal Haft
Vic
Russell Dykstra
Bo
Geneviève Lemon
Josie
Sacha Horler
Nadia
Alicia Talbot
Vera
Dion Bilios
Bud
Gezelle Byrnes
Elly
Directed by Christina Andreef

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Revenue
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Production
New South Wales Film & Television Office, Australian Film Finance Corporation, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Country
US, AU
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