Shelved in the "Movie Classics" collection. Originally aired on HBO in 2001. Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Margaret Edson. Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald, Jonathan M. Woodward, Harold Pinter.
Summary:
Vivian Bearing is an English professor with a biting wit that educates, but also alienates her students. With her teaching and life both rigidly under control, Vivian never lets down her defenses--until she is diagnosed with a devastating illness. She agrees to undergo a series of procedures that are brutal, extensive and experimental. No longer a teacher, but a subject for others to study, Vivian Bearing discovers a fine line between life and death that can only be walked with wit.
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