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Sweetsick

Sweetsick

Synopsis

A mercurial woman with a strange and piercing gift - the ability to see what others most intimately need, often at great personal cost - sets out on a journey home.

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Features
Director
Alice Birch 1st Feature
Producer
Theo Barrowclough, Cate Blanchett, Groombridge, Juliette Howell, Tessa Ross
Screenwriter
Alice Birch
Principal cast
Cate Blanchett, Spike Fearn, Tilly Walker, Julia Westcott-Hutton

Genre

Drama Woman Director

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Supported by Film4

A House Productions, Access Entertainment, Dirty Films production

House Productions

14a Clerkenwell Green
London
EC1R 0DP

Sales Company

Searchlight Pictures

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