SWEET JANE
Year: 1997
Country:
United States
Run Time:
83 minutes
Streetwalker Jane is mildly disappointed to find out she's survived her latest intravenous-drug overdose. The subsequent HIV-positive diagnosis barely registers with her. All that matters to the young woman is where her next fix is coming from. The word has gotten out, however: Jane is damaged goods, and she's prostitute-non-grata even among other LA hookers and heroin-pushers. But to Joey, a 15-year-old boy who followed Jane out of the hospital, she's the answer to an unformed prayer. Despite her protests, Joey tags along after the increasingly desperate Jane. First he's an annoyance, but soon they're an alliance, two rebel untouchables against a cold, hostile world which would just as soon warehouse them both as human wreckage. With magical-realist storytelling and a ferocious pair of lead performances, SWEET JANE traces the defiant course of twin falling stars who discover something of immense value during their precipitous arc. Notably, it shares both a supporting actress (Mary Woronov) and musical stylings with another CIFF entry, the documentary LOU REED: ROCK AND ROLL HEART, and Reed's gritty junkie ballads find their dramatic equivalent in Joe Gayton's powerful film.
Screenplay
Joe Gayton
Director
Joe Gayton
Producer
W.K. Borden, Clark Hunter
Cinematography
Greg Littlewood
Editing
Jennifer Lane
Principal Cast
Samantha Mathis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kimberly Scott, Bud Cort, WIlliam McNamera, Mary Woronov
NEO Motion PIctures, Inc.
8315 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
tel: (213) 653 6007
fax: (213) 653 0409
Donate
Your donation helps fulfill our mission to promote artistically and culturally significant film arts through education and exhibition.
Film Festival
Films
CIFF Streams
Plan Your Day
Events
CIFF Media
Archive
Store
Support Us
FAQs
- General
- Membership & Passes
- Tickets & Vouchers
- CIFF46 Program
- CIFF46 @ PSQ
- CIFF46 Streams
- How to Stream
- Streams Glossary
- Call for Entries
Press Room
About
Policies
Financials
Admin Office
Cleveland International Film Festival
2510 Market Avenue
Cleveland OH 44113-3434
(216) 623-3456 | EMAIL
©CIFF, 2024
Site Design + Development 
