Films involving Cancer

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Title	I Love You Perfect (1989) (TV Film)
Alternative/Original Title
Disability	Cancer
Country	USA
Length	96
Genre	Comedy
Rating	2
Director	Harry Winer
Cast	Kevin Kline William Hurt Keanu Reeves Tracey Ullman Joan Plowright
Notes	You just can't write love stories any more. It used to be the war or some outside force (e.g. The Capulets and ...) which put a strain on the relationships. Now it's disability or even dying (that's what I call a strain). The woman involved here has been seen by doctors three months earlier and pronounced O.K. but later she starts to lose blood. Her records have been lost which show abnormal test results over 2 years. She needs a hysterectomy but can't have one because of a problem with her pelvis. So she's given chemotherapy. The film jumps forward to a point when she's had 35 sessions. Her boyfriend (she dumped a rich guy for a bartender) has his head in the sand and keeps saying she'll be O.K. Doctor pronouces her in remission but soon after she's told she has a new tumour at the base of her spine which is inoperable. Because of the lost records which might have meant if she had been treated in time she would have lived she sues the hospital and there's a court scene. This could be an interesting film but these people haven't learned the grammar of film-making and most of the scenes are hackneyed or unreal. The result is a lack of interest in her fate.

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