She's given him something nobody else could. A reason to live.
After she discovers that her boyfriend has betrayed her, Hilary O'Neil is looking for a new start and a new job. She begins to work as a private nurse for a young man suffering from blood cancer. Slowly, they fall in love, but they always know their love cannot last because he is destined to die.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
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Cast
- Julia RobertsHilary O'Neil
- Campbell ScottVictor Gaddes
- Vincent D'OnofrioGordon
- Colleen DewhurstEstelle Whittier
- David SelbyRichard Geddes
- Ellen BurstynMrs. O'Neil
- Dion AndersonCappy
- George MartinMalachi
- A.J. JohnsonShauna
- Daniel BeerDanny
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- Joel SchumacherDirector
- Richard FriedenbergScreenplay
- Marti LeimbachNovel
- Juan Ruiz AnchíaDirector of Photography
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
- Robert BrownEditor
- Jim PriorEditor
- Sally FieldProducer
- Kevin McCormickProducer
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