Soft Fruit
“It's not where you're going in life - it's who's going with you.”
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
28 people
Jeanie Drynan
Patsy
Known for
Muriel's Wedding
Linal Haft
Vic
Known for
EastEnders
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars
Christina Andreef
Helen Bowden
Russell Dykstra
Bo
Known for
Rake
Lantana
Jane Campion
Geneviève Lemon
Josie
Known for
Top of the Lake
The Power of the Dog
Sacha Horler
Nadia
Known for
Secret City
The Kettering Incident
Genevieve Lemon
Josie
Alicia Talbot
Vera
No other roles listed
Dion Bilios
Bud
Also in
The Mystery of Natalie Wood
Gezelle Byrnes
Elly
Christina Andreef Director · László Baranyai Cinematographer Jane Moran Editor
Worldwide gross $14K · United States release March 17, 2000 · Produced in Australia, United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$13,654
Production
New South Wales Film & Television Office
Production
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Production
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Production
Soft Fruit
Production
Australia · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · October 28, 1999
Theatrical
United States · March 17, 2000
Theatrical
United States
January 21, 2000 · Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
Argentina
April 11, 2000 · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
France
June 6, 2001
Hong Kong SAR China
September 9, 2001 · Australian Centenary Film Festival
Iceland
March 5, 2001 · video premiere
Malaysia
March 15, 2001 · Australian Film Festival
New Zealand
June 8, 2000
United Kingdom
April 1, 2001 · video premiere
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