Soft Fruit

Soft Fruit (1999)

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.

Date of release
1999-10-28
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Christina Andreef

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: A$596.7K
  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 7. Including: AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role; AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

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.

Production

On the themes of the film, Andreef said:As you grow older, it's so difficult to stay in relationship with your adult brothers and sisters. When you get into your thirties and forties, paths are dividing. Soft Fruit is about that sibling struggle. You think you don't care when you have a fight and fall out. Someone is always on the outer. It's about that struggle to get back on the inner, on the inside.

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