Soft Fruit (1999)
1h 41m
Running Time
October 28, 1999Release Date
Soft Fruit (1999)
1h 41m
Running Time
October 28, 1999Release Date
Plot.
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 & Crew.
Jeanie Drynan
Patsy
Linal Haft
Vic
Russell Dykstra
Bo
Sacha Horler
Nadia
Geneviève Lemon
Josie
Alicia Talbot
Vera
Christina Andreef
Director
Dion Bilios
Bud
Helen Bowden
Producer
Antony Partos
Composer
Gezelle Byrnes
Elly
László Baranyai
Cinematographer
Jordan Frankland
Thomas
Jane Moran
Editor
Cheyenne Dobbs
Gertie
Marin Mimica
Swifty
Sarah Stollman
ProductionDesigner
Glenn Butcher
Tony
Terry Weaver
Podge
Trevor Mills
Smudge
Barry Evans
Bikie 1
Andrew Hunter
Bikie 2
Walter Grkovic
Janitor
Pat Bishop
Nursing Sister
Scott Gary
Taxi Driver
Martin Grelis
Policeman 1
Ron O'Neill
Policeman 2
Graham Rouse
Father Purcell
Mary Milton
Sister Stanislaus
Geoff Milton
Farmer
Alison Barrett
Casting
Jane Campion
Executive Producer
Troy Clarke
Unit Manager
Nikki Barrett
Casting
Jane Holland
Costume Design
Rob Young
Gaffer
Glenn Ruehland
Fight Choreographer
Paul Heath
Art Direction
Sara Mathers
Property Buyer
Jasmine Yuen Carrucan
Clapper Loader
Adrienne Shaw
Assistant Editor
Tony Ayres
Script Editor
Sandra Alexander
Production Manager
Joan Scheckel
Script Editor
Emma Aubin
Costume Supervisor
Glen W. Johnson
Set Decoration
John Simpson
Foley Artist
Yulia Akerholt
Sound Editor
Sally Eccleston
Focus Puller
Michael Thompson
ADR Recordist
Robert Sullivan
Sound Mixer
Luke Dunn Gielmuda
Sound
Jo Weeks
Script Supervisor
Michael Smale
Art Department Assistant
David Knight
Steadicam Operator
Alicia Gleeson
Assistant Dialogue Editor
Linda Murdoch
Dialogue Editor
Adam Hunter
Best Boy Electric
Cleo Myles
Assistant Editor
Dan Oliver
Special Effects Technician
Justin McMahon
Sound Assistant
Christina Norman
Art Department Coordinator
Spike Cherrie
Fight Choreographer
Charles Rotherham
First Assistant Director
Sherry Hubbard
Makeup & Hair
Mick Hodge
Stunts
Tom Read
Second Assistant Director
Nicole Lazaroff
Boom Operator
Paul Finlay
Sound Recordist
Kirsty Bruce
Assistant Editor
Joanna Mae Park
Location Scout
Arthur Cambridge
Color Grading
Trish Glover
Hair Supervisor / Makeup Supervisor
Mim Weger
Extras Casting
Maria Georgiou
Makeup & Hair Assistant
Dianne Brown
Production Accountant
Chris Rowell
Negative Cutter
Ian Benallack
Key Grip
Jeremy Grogan
Third Assistant Director
Kiren Chang
Still Photographer
Phil Balsdon
Steadicam Operator
William Goodes
Runner Art Department
Brock Sykes
Greensman
Anna Breslin
Dialogue Editor
Dugal Campbell
Clapper Loader
Arthur Manousakis
Assistant Grip
Travis McGee
Electrician
Mandy Sedawie
Costume Standby
Alison Wheeler
Assistant Editor
Annalies Norland
Location Manager
Details.
Wiki.
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.