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My Life Without Me
U.S. theatrical posterDirected by Isabel Coixet Produced by Esther García
Gordon McLennanWritten by Isabel Coixet
based on the book by Nanci KincaidStarring Sarah Polley
Scott Speedman
Mark Ruffalo
Amanda Plummer
Deborah HarryMusic by Alfonso Vilallonga Cinematography Jean-Claude Larrieu Editing by Lisa Robison Release date(s) 2003 Running time 106 minutes Country Spain
CanadaLanguage English Box office $9,726,954 (INT)[1] My Life Without Me is a 2003 Spanish/Canadian film directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Scott Speedman, and Leonor Watling. Based on the book Pretending the Bed Is a Raft by Nanci Kincaid, it tells a story of the dying process of a 23-year-old woman who has a husband and two daughters. The film was produced by Pedro Almodóvar's production company, El Deseo.
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Plot
Ann (Sarah Polley) is a hard-working 23-year-old mother with two small daughters, an unemployed husband (Scott Speedman), a mother (Deborah Harry) who sees her life as a failure, and a jailed father whom she has not seen in ten years. Her life changes dramatically when, during a medical checkup following a collapse, she is diagnosed with great ovarian cancer and told she has only two months to live. Deciding not to tell anyone of her condition, using the cover of anemia, Ann makes a list of things to do before she dies.[2]
Cast
- Sarah Polley as Ann
- Scott Speedman as Don, Ann's husband
- Mark Ruffalo as Lee, a man with whom Ann has an affair.
- Deborah Harry as Ann's Mother
- Jessica Amlee as Penny, Ann's daughter
- Kenya Jo Kennedy as Patsy, Ann's daughter
- Amanda Plummer as Laurie, Ann's friend
- Leonor Watling as Ann, the Neighbor
- Maria de Medeiros as The Hairdresser
- Julian Richings as Dr. Thompson
- Alfred Molina as Ann's Father
Reception
The film won many international and festival awards, including the Genie Award for Best Actress (Polley) and the Goya Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (Coixet) and Best Song ("Humans Like You" by Chop Suey). The film was released on September 26, 2003 and ran for 12 weeks. It grossed $400,948 domestically and $9,326,006 from the foreign markets for a worldwide total of $9,726,954.[1]
References
External links
- Official website: My Life Without Me at Sony Pictures Classics
- My Life Without Me at the Internet Movie Database
- My Life Without Me at Box Office Mojo
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