Sweet Movie

Sweet Movie
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDušan Makavejev
Written byDušan Makavejev
Produced by
  • Richard Hellman
  • Vincent Malle
Starring
CinematographyPierre Lhomme
Edited byYann Dedet
Music byManos Hadjidakis
Production
companies
  • V. M. Productions
  • Mojack Film
  • Maran Film GmbH & Co. KG
Distributed byAMLF (France)
Release dates
  • May 1974 (1974-05) (Cannes)
  • 12 June 1974 (1974-06-12) (France)
  • 21 March 1975 (1975-03-21) (Canada)
  • 3 October 1975 (1975-10-03) (West Germany)
Running time
98 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Canada
  • West Germany[1]
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • Polish
  • Spanish
BudgetCAD$700,000

Sweet Movie is a 1974 surrealist comedy-drama film written and directed by Yugoslav filmmaker Dušan Makavejev.[3][4]

An international co-production of companies from France, Canada, and West Germany, the film follows two women: a Canadian beauty queen, who represents a modern commodity culture, and a captain aboard a ship laden with candy and sugar, who is a failed communist revolutionary.

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  2. ^ Sweet Movie (1974) - IMDb, retrieved 1 November 2023
  3. ^ Southern, Nathan. "Sweet Movie (1974)". Allmovie. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Sweet Movie". The Criterion Collection. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.