Underplayed Gems

Sweetie (1989)

Sweetie poster
Directed by
Jane Campion
Genre
comedy film, comedy drama
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 116 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young woman navigates her strained relationships with her parents and her volatile sister. The family's fragile balance is disrupted when the sister moves back home, exposing old resentments and emotional chaos.

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What happens

Sweetie is a 1989 Australian black comedy drama film directed by Jane Campion, and starring Genevieve Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, and Jon Darling. Co-written by Campion and Gerard Lee, the film documents the contentious and chaotic relationships among a woman in her twenties, her parents, and her emotionally unstable sister. It was Jane Campion's second feature film. It was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, and won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film in 1991. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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