Sweetie (1989 film)

Sweetie
Film poster
Directed byJane Campion
Written byJane Campion
Gerard Lee
Produced byJohn Maynard
Starring
CinematographySally Bongers
Edited byVeronika Jenet
Music byMartin Armiger
Distributed byFilmpac Distribution
Release date
  • 28 September 1989 (1989-09-28)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Sweetie is a 1989 Australian black comedy drama film directed by Jane Campion, and starring Genevieve Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, and Jon Darling. Co-written by Campion and Gerard Lee, the film documents the contentious and chaotic relationships among a woman in her twenties, her parents, and her emotionally unstable sister. It was Jane Campion's first feature film. It was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film Festival,[1] and won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film in 1991.[2]

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Sweetie". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Ten Groundbreaking Film Independent Spirit Awards Wins". Film Independent. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2021.