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Sweet Jane (1998)
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Joe Gayton (writer)
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Jane, an HIV-positive heroin addict, meets Tony, a young AIDS victim with no family, and the two form a bond. full summary | full synopsis
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1 nomination
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Touching and Heartbreaking
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Samantha Mathis | ... | Jane |
 | Barbara Pilavin | ... | Old Woman Patient |
 | Kimberly Scott | ... | Dr. Gordon |
 | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | ... | Tony |
 | Derek Webster | ... | Darryl |
 | Nicki Micheaux | ... | Martielle |
 | Phil Fondacaro | ... | Bob |
 | Russell Gray | ... | Silhouette |
| Mary Woronov | ... | Sales Lady |
| Rex Ryan | ... | Clemenzo |
 | Bud Cort | ... | Dr. Geiler |
| Daniel Roebuck | ... | Kellygreen |
 | Gary Bullock | ... | Figure |
 | William McNamara | ... | Stan Bleeker |
| Milton Quon | ... | Korean Clerk |
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Lepers (USA) (working title)
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83 min
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Jane:
It's okay. I'm just gonna wash your hair.
Tony: [embarrassed that Jane is watching him take a bath] I'll wash my own hair.
Jane: C'mon, let me. I used to be a hairdresser once.
Tony: Yeah?
Jane: Yeah.
Tony: So, you didn't always do nasty stuff for a job?
Jane: No, not always.
Tony: That's good. That stuff's like underneath you, you know?
Jane: Thank you.
Tony: Don't mention it.
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Tony: [embarrassed that Jane is watching him take a bath] I'll wash my own hair.
Jane: C'mon, let me. I used to be a hairdresser once.
Tony: Yeah?
Jane: Yeah.
Tony: So, you didn't always do nasty stuff for a job?
Jane: No, not always.
Tony: That's good. That stuff's like underneath you, you know?
Jane: Thank you.
Tony: Don't mention it.
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Referenced in Mulholland Dr. (2001)
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After another OD, the junkie Jane (Samantha Mathis) finds that she is HIV-positive. When she leaves the hospital trying to raise money for a dose of heroin, she is followed by the fifteen year-old Tony (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who protects her in difficult situations. The boy helps her to get free of her addiction, and she finds that he is alone without a family and terminal with AIDS. They get close to each other and form a firm bond.
"Sweet Jane" is a touching and heartbreaking low-budget movie, supported by a realistic melodramatic story of addiction, friendship, illness and redemption and magnificent performances of Samantha Mathis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The plot is very simple and beautiful and works perfectly, based on two opposite characters that have in common a lethal disease. Jane comes from the upper-class, went to college supported by her parents, but lost everything with her addiction and is a cold person, without loving any person. Tony is an orphan born with HIV transmitted by his father to his mother, has no education but common-sense. He follows Jane believing she is an angel, but in the end he actually becomes her guard-angel, saving Jane from the drugs and making her a better woman. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Vivendo no Limite" ("Living in the Edge")