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Soft Fruit (1999)

Soft Fruit poster
Directed by
Christina Andreef
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
R
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A dying mother asks her grown children to come home and help her with her final requests. The family reunites for an emotional goodbye.

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What happens

Soft Fruit is a 1999 comedy drama film about a dying mother and her children who come together to fulfill her last wishes. It is an Australian American co-production produced by New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion and directed by Christina Andreef. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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