A successful Australian writer discovers he has cancer and returns home to Melbourne to be with his estranged wife and daughter.
Casts John Waters, Penelope Stewart, Nicki Paull, Kim Gyngell, Ross Thompson, Jacinta Stapleton, Kevin Miles, William Ten Eyck, Helen McDonald, Andrew McFarlane
MOVIE COMMENTS
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American Wrestler: The Wizard
Velvet Goldmine
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The Constant Gardener
Time to Leave
Reconstruction
My Sister's Keeper
Lottery
Birthday Girl
Straight Shooter
A Walk to Remember
Cries and Whispers
What Goes Up
Summer Lovers
Without a Doubt
Simon
Is Anybody There?
Polytechnique
After Everything
The Child in Time
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American Wrestler: The Wizard
IMDB 7.2 | May , 2017
In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestling team.Velvet Goldmine
IMDB 6.9 | Aug , 1998
Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.Live and Become
IMDB 7.4 | Mar , 2005
In 1980, the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.The Constant Gardener
IMDB 7 | Aug , 2005
Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.Time to Leave
IMDB 6.5 | May , 2005
Romain, 31, a fashion photographer with terminal cancer, elects to die alone, preparing others to live past him rather than prolong the inevitable with chemotherapy or be smothered in sympathy by those who know him.Reconstruction
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2021
Reconstruction tells about a certain night in 1982, reconstructed in 2020 by the people who lived it through together. The film combines dance, drama and documentary, but most of all is a story of a friendship of a boy and a girl, and how jolly situations can turn sour and how, even though close, friends do not share same experiences – and that can have an effect on their friendship.My Sister's Keeper
IMDB 7.4 | Jun , 2009
Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The parents' desperate decision raises both ethical and moral questions and rips away at the foundation of their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart, while revealing surprising truths that challenge everyone's perceptions of love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.Lottery
IMDB 7 | Jan , 2017
Philipp wishes to give his terminally ill father Walter one last treat. To coax him out of his hospital bed he tells a white lie: Philipp pretends that his father has won the lottery.Birthday Girl
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2002
A woman decides to celebrate her recovery from leukaemia by throwing a party. But before the big night, she discovers that the illness has returned. She decides to postpone telling everyone until the aprty is over, but during the evening she discovers that she is not the only one with a secret.Straight Shooter
IMDB 4.9 | Apr , 1999
After his daughter died of cancer, former French foreign legionnaire "Straight Shooter" alias Volker Bretz threatens those who financed, built, favoured and now work the nuclear power plant Atar II to kill one of them each day until the plant is shut down. His former drill sergeant, Frank Hector, who now owns several night clubs and brothels, is the only one who might be able to stop the maniac killing specialist. Frank is flown in instantly, but soon has to find out that his former comrade's actions might be a result from an event long ago.A Walk to Remember
IMDB 7.8 | Jan , 2002
When the popular, restless Landon Carter is forced to participate in the school drama production, he falls in love with Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town's minister. Jamie has a "to-do" list for her life, as well as a very big secret she must keep from Landon.Cries and Whispers
IMDB 7.9 | Dec , 1972
As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.What Goes Up
IMDB 5.1 | May , 2009
Set in the mid-80s, when a reporter is sent to cover the Challenger Space Shuttle launch only to become mixed up in the lives of some local students.Summer Lovers
IMDB 5.4 | Jul , 1982
Michael Pappas and his girlfriend, Cathy, are enjoying the white sand beaches of a Greek island as well as the freewheeling nature of the locals. When Michael meets Lina, who is in Greece from Paris doing archaeological work, he is enamored with the beautiful foreigner. Cathy, unhappy about Lina getting close to Michael, confronts the woman -- only to be unexpectedly wooed by her charms as well.Without a Doubt
IMDB 10 | Dec , 2025
Two months into her second pregnancy, a young mother receives a stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer diagnosis. She must choose between saving her child's life or undergoing intense chemotherapy and radiation treatment.Simon
IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2004
A mild-mannered gay dentist and a womanizing bar owner rekindle their unlikely friendship when, upon meeting by chance after a decade apart, the latter turns out to be severely ill.Is Anybody There?
IMDB 6.3 | Apr , 2009
A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.Polytechnique
IMDB 7.1 | Feb , 2009
A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989 where several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.After Everything
IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 2018
When Elliot, a brash 23-year-old living carefree in New York City, meets the sensible Mia and receives a damning diagnosis all in the same week, his world is turned completely upside down. But as their love blossoms amidst the chaos of his treatment, they discover that Elliot's illness is not the real test of their relationship – it's everything else.The Child in Time
IMDB 5.8 | Jul , 2018
A successful writer of children's books, Stephen Lewis is confronted with the unthinkable—he loses his only child, four-year-old Kate, in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realises his daughter is gone. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife on diverging paths as both struggle with an all-consuming grief.