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Sweethearts is a american film of genre Drama with Janeane Garofalo

Sweethearts (1997)

Sweethearts
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Length 1h23
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Romance
Rating61% 3.0970753.0970753.0970753.0970753.097075

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

Synopsis

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

Actors

Janeane Garofalo

(Jasmine Pogue)
Mitch Rouse

(Arliss)
Margaret Cho

(Noreen)
Bobcat Goldthwait

(Charles)
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