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26 September 1991 (Australia) morePlot:
Uplifting and intimate look at the last days of an elderly cancer victim. The film is even more relevant... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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2 wins & 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
A Life-Affirming View Of Dying moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sheila Florance | ... | Martha |
| Gosia Dobrowolska | ... | Anna |
| Norman Kaye | ... | Billy |
| Chris Haywood | ... | Jonathan |
| Ernie Gray | ... | Peter (as Ernest Gray) |
| Myrtle Woods | ... | Miss Inchley |
| Bruce Myles | ... | Con 1 |
| Alex Menglet | ... | Con 2 |
| François Bernard | ... | Neighbor |
| Manuel Bachet | ... | Neighbor |
| Monica Maughan | ... | Billy's daughter |
| Max Gillies | ... | Billy's son-in-law |
| Tony Llewellyn-Jones | ... | Celebrant |
| David Reid | ... | Don |
| Dawn Klingberg | ... | Don's wife |
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A WOMAN'S TALE. A touching, sensitive, Australian film about an elderly woman dying of cancer (played by 78 year old actress Sheila Florance who knew she was dying of cancer when the film was being made) who has lost none of her joie de vivre and continues to live life to the fullest without the smallest hint of self-pity for her future death, which she knows is imminent.
The marvelous thing about this film is watching Florance's cheerful disposition, while those around her wear long faces. Through flashbacks, we see the tragedy of her past life; and in the present, the resignation of the other old people living in her apartment building who once led formerly productive, vigorous lives, but have now given up. She never gives up and this strength inspires much younger people------who only grudgingly tolerate her-----to admire her strength and see older people in a different way. This used to be referred to as a "small film" but with great feeling behind it.