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September 1989 (USA) morePlot:
Explores sisters, in their twenties, their parents, and family dysfunctions. Kay is gangly and slightly askew... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Dysfunctional Family
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Favorite Sibling
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Transcendental Meditation
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2 wins & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
Cannes #2: I spring up from my deep slumber(From Roger Ebert's Blog. 15 May 2009, 2:03 AM, PDT)
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Saw this film a long time ago, but remember it like it was yesterday moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Geneviève Lemon | ... | Dawn aka Sweetie |
| Karen Colston | ... | Kay |
| Tom Lycos | ... | Louis |
| Jon Darling | ... | Gordon |
| Dorothy Barry | ... | Flo |
| Michael Lake | ... | Bob |
| Andre Pataczek | ... | Clayton |
| Jean Hadgraft | ... | Mrs. Schneller |
| Paul Livingston | ... | Teddy Schneller |
| Louise Fox | ... | Cheryl |
| Ann Merchant | ... | Paula |
| Robyn Frank | ... | Ruth (as Robin Frank) |
| Bronwyn Morgan | ... | Sue |
| Sean Fennell | ... | Boy clerk |
| Sean Callinan | ... | Simboo |
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Iceland:L | Singapore:M18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | Portugal:M/12 | Sweden:15 | USA:RFun Stuff
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This film left a lasting impression on me from when I saw it aged about 15. Upon many years of reflection I suspect that the two female leads are two opposed elements of the writer's psyche. One, the super-ego and the other the id. The super-ego is fraught with a sense of place in the world, and trying to make the best of the values it finds directly around it, and the id is a tangle of senses and memories, caught up in the deepest recesses of childhood. That's what I found most striking about this film. It's so ego-less. That is what gives it it's fractured, purposeless other-worldly quality. I did not 'enjoy' this film. It is not a fun film. I also remember the light. What amazing glaring, evil sunlight. I must get a copy and watch it again, to see if it's like I remember it. I thought that the acting, editing, dialogue and general sense of timing were totally bewitching. For a week after watching this film I still felt as though I had returned home from a strange, alien world. I had been immersed, albeit temporarily in an extraordinary place, complete and tactile. Amazing.