She has not been taking her medication and starts spiralling. 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. One night, Kays unstable sister Sweetie shows up to stay and brings along the very strange Bob. Gordon is facing his own issues as Kay and Sweetie's mother, Flo, has just left him on a trial separation, their issues largely stemming from his protecting Sweetie at all cost, Sweetie who had most recently been living with them. 1989 1h 37min ENG PLAY Explores sisters, in their twenties, their parents, and family dysfunctions. Kay's pleas to her father Gordon to help get Sweetie out of her house go largely ignored, as he has never judged Sweetie, who he still sees as his performing loving little girl. Their relationship is placed under a strain with the arrival of Kay's formerly institutionalized sister Dawn - nicknamed Sweetie - and Sweetie's current boyfriend, Bob, who Sweetie believes will help her get into show business. Based solely on a tea leaf reading, superstitious and introspective Kay believes she and Louis are destined to fall in love with each other, he who she is able to convince of the same despite he just having gotten engaged to her co-worker, Cheryl. That destiny may change with the fortunes of what she sees as the next symbol of their relationship, a somewhat sickly elder tree Louis plants in their garden for their one year anniversary. The first time I saw it, at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, I didnt know what to make of it. An introspective young woman's life is upturned by the arrival of her maladjusted sister. 97 minutos Sweetie e Kay são irmãs, ambas na casa dos 20 anos de idade, em uma família problemática. An introspective young woman's life is upturned by the arrival of her maladjusted sister.īased solely on a tea leaf reading, superstitious and introspective Kay believes she and Louis are destined to fall in love with each other, he who she is able to convince of the same despite he just having gotten engaged to her co-worker, Cheryl.
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