SWEETIE
Sunday 22nd March, 11am
97 mins, Cinema 2, ACMI
Full: $14
Concession: $12
ACMI Member: $9
This session is classified M.
Occasional Coarse Language, Adult Concepts
Celebrating the legacy of our region's filmmakers, MWFF presents the 4K digital restoration of Jane Campion's Sweetie in partnership with ACMI and the National Film and Sound Archive.
The buttoned-down, superstitious Kay is attempting to lead a normal existence with her new boyfriend Louis. That’s until Sweetie, her rampaging, devil-may-care sister, returns home after an absence, exposing the rotten roots of their family and placing a strain on Kay and Louis’ relationship.
Jane Campion’s wild side was out in full force in her 1989 breakthrough about the love‑hate relationship between two odd sisters, which over time has lost none of its radical edge.
Greeted with a chorus of impassioned cheers and jeers when it premiered at Cannes in 1989, this bold, bawdy and often harrowing tale of two sisters announced Campion’s arrival as an uncompromising new cinematic voice.
Images: Felix Media
