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Sweethearts (1997 film)

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Sweethearts
Directed byAleks Horvat
Written byAleks Horvat
Produced byJaneane Garofalo
StarringJaneane Garofalo
Mitch Rouse
Margaret Cho
Bobcat Goldthwait
Release date
1997
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Sweethearts is a 1997 American independent film starring Janeane Garofalo and Mitch Rouse and written and directed by Aleks Horvat.[1] The supporting cast features Margaret Cho and Bobcat Goldthwait as well as a cameo appearance by singer/guitarist Stephen Malkmus of the band Pavement.

Plot

Arliss meets Jasmine on a blind date at a coffee house, but it turns out Jasmine is bipolar, carrying a gun and contemplating suicide.

Jasmine introduce herself to Arliss as "Emily", a fake character she created to pretend she is not her date, she pretend to be somebody else that went to the same coffee shop.

Eventually Arliss discover that she is her date pretending to be another person and he gets mad and she forced him to stay by holding him a gun in front of his face. Jasmine confess that the gun is for her, because she is going to commit suicide tomorrow morning at her 31 year old birthday.

The reason why she want to suicide is because she is a manic bipolar depressive and she feels she can't live longer with that condition and suffering psychological pain.

In the middle of the drama Arliss start feeling love for Jasmine instead of hating her for holding a gun at him.

Cast

Janeane Garofalo ... Jasmine
Mitch Rouse ... Arliss
Margaret Cho ... Noreen
Bobcat Goldthwait ... Charles
Van Quattro ... Officer Carter
Buckley Norris ... Asylum patron
Vinnie Bilancio ... Officer Felliciano
Stephen Malkmus ... Coffee House Singer
Debby Barkan ... Girl in Floral Dress
Patricia Peralta ... Girl in Shop Window
Dayna West ... Girl in Black

References

  1. ^ "The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-01-14.