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Title	Sunshine (1973) (TV Film)
Alternative/Original Title
Disability	Cancer
Country	USA
Length	103
Genre	Drama
Rating	3
Director	Joseph Sargent
Cast	Cristina Raines Cliff DeYoung Brenda Vaccaro Meg Foster Bill Mumy Lindsay Greenbush
Notes	'Love Story' among the hippies. The young mother is dying of a malignant tumour, her husband can't cope with this and has an affair with a neighbour. A script with some depth is spoiled by the sentimental aura cast on the mother. *********************************************** The film is told in flashbacks after the scattering of her ashes and is set in the hippy 60s. A young mother has a tumour on a bone in her leg which is malignant. Doctor wants to amputate her leg but she won't allow it. They suggest chemotherapy but she won't take her drugs. She is given10-20% chance to live for 5 years. Later the cancer spreads to her lung. Her husband gets a job but he's having an affair with the upstairs neighbour. Before she dies she goes on TV. Supposedly there is a sequel called 'Sunshine Christmas' presumably without the mother who died. There are some wonderful comments about the film at IMDB: including "The more I saw it, the more I cried, until I had to stop seeing it!" "This movie can move you."

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