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7.6/10   10,066 votes
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Isabel Coixet (writer)
Nanci Kincaid (book)
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7 March 2003 (Spain) more
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A young woman conceals the fact of her terminal cancer to live her life with a passion she never had before. full summary | add synopsis
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16 wins & 15 nominations more
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A thoughtful and subtle film more (115 total)

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Also Known As:
Ma vie sans moi (Canada: French title)
Mi vida sin mí (Spain)
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Rated R for language.
Runtime:
106 min | Argentina:107 min
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Factual errors: Ann and Don claim they met at Nirvana's last concert. They live in Canada. Nirvana's last show was in Munich, Germany. more
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Ann: You don't know who or what you're praying to, but you pray. You don't even regret the life that you're not gonna have, because by then you'll be dead. And the dead don't feel anything. Not even regret.
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Features Mildred Pierce (1945) more
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A thoughtful and subtle film, 6 March 2005
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Author: lisa_at_imdb from Sweden

Ann lives in a trailer with her considerate but not very thought-provoking husband and their two children. The trailer is very crowded and so is Anna's life. A mother at 17 Anna has never had any time to ponder about her life but she knows it might not be very fulfilling. When she finds out that she is terminally ill she has to face the choices she has made and that was made for her. She decides to make a list of all the things she wants do in the short time she has left, both big and small. This is where Mark Ruffalos character, a considerate and thought-provoking love-interest, makes an entrance.

This films moves slowly towards the inevitable end without ever becoming boring. The relationships between the characters are displayed by emotions and subtlety rather than words. The film has a very sad theme but is in many ways very hopeful. It shows that life can trap people down but also that every person has something special which can be used to change lives. I found this film to be warm, unsentimental, thoughtful, sad and uplifting. A bit like life itself.

If you liked this film as much as I did I can recommend Wilbur wants to kill himself and Before sunset.

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