1989 · drama · comedy · australian
Sweetie
Directed by Jane Campion1h 40m1989
The buttoned-down, superstitious Kay is attempting to lead a normal existence with her new boyfriend Louis. That’s until Sweetie, her rampaging, devil-may-care sister, returns home after an absence, exposing the rotten roots of their family and placing a strain on Kay and Louis’ relationship.
Our read: Sweetie (1989) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · comedy · australian entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / comedy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
- inventive
- intimate
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