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form y separately published work icon Sweetie single work   film/TV  
Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Sweetie
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Units Teaching this Work

Text Unit Name Institution Year
form y separately published work icon Sweetie Gerard Lee , Jane Campion , ( dir. Jane Campion ) Australia : Arena Films , 1989 Z180189 1989 single work film/TV (taught in 1 units)

At the centre of this story of family life is the contrast between the deadpan, phobic Kay and the manic, excessive Dawn (Sweetie). The film explores aspects of Australian life and the Australian psyche, and probes into the viewer's consciousness by showing the narrow boundary between eccentricity, madness, and normality.

 		Australian Cinema & Television University of New South Wales 2014 (Semester 2)
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