Explores sisters, in their twenties, their parents, and family dysfunctions. Kay is gangly and slightly askew, consulting a fortune teller and then falling in love with a man because of a mole on his face and a lock of hair; then, falling out of love when he plants a tree in their yard. Sweetie is plump, imperious, self-centered, and seriously mentally ill. The parents see none of the illness, seeing only their cute child. Kay mainly feels exasperation at her sister's impositions. Slowly, the film exposes how the roots of Sweetie's illness have choked Kay's own development. Can she be released?

Keywords: sibling-relationship, tree-house, dysfunctional-family, woman-director, favorite-sibling,

Title: Sweetie
Imdb rate: 6.8
Imdb votes: 3,403
Year: 1989
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Director: Jane Campion
Writers: Gerard Lee (screenplay), Jane Campion (screenplay), Jane Campion (original story idea)
Actors:
Geneviève Lemon
Karen Colston
Tom Lycos
Jon Darling

Awards: 3 wins & 8 nominations.