Movie
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Overview
A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
Details
- Release date
- 2001-02-09
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Status
- Released
- Production
- HBO Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Emma Thompson as Vivian Bearing
- Audra McDonald as Susie Monahan
- Jonathan M. Woodward as Dr Jason Posner
- Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Harvey Kelekian
- Eileen Atkins as Evelyn 'E.M' Ashford
- Benedict Wong as Fellow 2
- Harold Pinter as Mr. Bearing
- Raffaello Degruttola as Technician 1
- Miquel Brown as Technician 2
- Hari Dhillon as Fellow 1
- Lachele Carl as Fellow 4
- David Menkin as Student 1
Crew
- Mike Nichols - Director
- Margaret Edson - Writer
- Mike Nichols - Writer
- Emma Thompson - Writer
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