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Ten years ago Sweet William was an obese, awkward teenager. Now, as an attractive gay man returning home for his sister’s wedding he discovers that despite his absence, his family is as dysfunctional as ever. As the wedding day unfolds William has visions of himself as a teen. He relives the beatings by his father, the day that his grandmother caught him diddling with his sister’s future husband and his mother’s attempt to “straighten him out”. The next day William hangs himself in the garden. Seeing his own dangling corpse William relives an inescapable past and is freed to take control of his uncertain future. | ||
Writer/Director |
Thom Fitzgerald | ||
Producer |
Louise Garfield | ||
Co-Producers |
Emotion Pictures, Nova Scotia & Galafilm, Québec | ||
Distributors |
Cineplex Odeon / Seville / MGM | ||
Sales |
Alliance Independent Films | ||
Soundtrack |
Virgin / EMI | ||
Cast |
Kerry Fox, Chris Leavins, Ashley MacIsaac | ||
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| 4 1997 GENIE Awards: Best Screenplay, Best Direction of a First Feature, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress; Best Canadian Film & Most Popular Film, 1997 Toronto International Film Festival; Best Canadian Film and Most Popular Film, Atlantic Film Festival 1997; Most Popular Film, 1997 Vancouver International Film Festival; Most Popular Film 1997 Mar del Plata Film Festival (Argentina); 1998 FIPRESCI International Critics Award, Portugal. | |||
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"Inventive,
touching, courageous, cruel and forgiving..." |
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