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Soft Fruit (1999)

Soft Fruit (1999)

Drama Comedy

It's not where you're going in life - it's who's going with you.

Release Date: 1999, October 28
Directors: Christina Andreef
Countries: Australia, United States of America
Production: New South Wales Film & Television Office, Australian Film Finance Corporation, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Cast: Andrew Hunter, Linal Haft, Sacha Horler, Geneviève Lemon, Martin Grelis, Russell Dykstra, Terry Weaver, Pat Bishop, Glenn Butcher, Graham Rouse, Marin Mimica, Cheyenne Dobbs

Overview:

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.