Cancer Vixen: A True Story

Charlie intenta no ser feliz porque, debido a una enfermedad, cuando siente alegría pierde el control sobre su cuerpo. Sin embargo, cuando la mujer de sus sueños se enamora de él, Charlie no sabe cómo evitar estar alegre.

El doctor Dennis Slamon (Harry Conick Jr.) está desarrollando un nuevo fármaco llamado Herceptin, un fármaco revolucionario para el tratamiento en la lucha contra el cáncer de mama pero le cortan la financiación del proyecto. Con el apoyo de sus nuevos socios, Slamon continua el perfeccionamiento del tratamiento, pero el nuevo medicamento parece que no actúa igual con todos los pacientes. (FILMAFFINITY)

La directora de origen danés Susanne Bier ('En un mundo mejor') después de ganar el Oscar a la Mejor Película de Habla no inglesa, aborda esta comedia romántica centrada en el choque entre dos muy diferentes que se encontrarán en una bonita finca italiana, en medio de una arboleda para celebrar una romántica boda, meticulosamente planeada hasta el más mínimo detalle. Por supuesto, nada saldrá como los organizadores habían pensado, porque explotarán todos los secretos que los participantes mantenían guardados. En medio de ese desastre, algunos de los participantes, intentarán buscar el amor, como es el caso de Ida (Trine Dyrholm, 'Celebración'), que acaba de ser víctima de una infidelidad por parte de su pareja, y Philip (Pierce Brosnan, 'Muere otro día'), con quien se encontrará casualmente. Entre risas y llantos, música y baile, alcohol y convites... ¡todo puede pasar!

Magda es una valiente mujer que, al verse obligada a enfrentarse cara a cara con la tragedia, reacciona sacando toda la fuerza que tiene en su interior, incluso en aquellos momentos en los que le parece algo imposible de hacer.

An intimate documentary that follows Tig Notaro, a Los Angeles based comedian, who just days after being diagnosed with invasive stage II breast cancer changed the course of her career with a poignant stand-up set that became legendary overnight. It explores Tig's extraordinary journey as her career ignites and as her life unfolds in grand and unexpected ways, all the while continuing to battle a life-threatening illness and falling in love.

Historia de Singe y Kate, una pareja de North Somerset, cuyas vidas dieron un vuelco cuando a Kate le diagnosticaron un cáncer de mama incurable. Desde ese momento luchará con todas sus fuerzas para asegurar una vida feliz a su familia, tras su partida.

Intended as an account of Minogue's return to the stage following her recovery from cancer, the film features on-stage and back-stage footage and interviews with several of Minogue's tour crew, including the director, William Baker. Kylie's sister Dannii and U2 lead singer Bono are also featured.

Geralyn Lucas (Sarah Chalke) es una joven periodista que acaba de conseguir el trabajo de su vida: trabajar en un canal de televisión. Sin embargo, todo cambia para la mujer cuando con 27 años le diagnostican un cáncer de mama.

We call them by a hundred different names: boobs, knockers, jugs, hooters. We wonder if they're real or fake, too small or too big, too exposed or too covered. And every year Americans spend millions of dollars on breast enhancement, from push-up bras to surgery. Why is our culture so captivated by this particular part of the female form? "Boobs: An American Obsession" is a revealing, humorous, often poignant investigation involving everyone from anthropologists to porn stars as we explore our culture's fascination with breasts.

Breast cancer has become the poster child of corporate cause-related marketing campaigns. Countless women and men walk, bike, climb and shop for the cure. Each year, millions of dollars are raised in the name of breast cancer, but where does this money go and what does it actually achieve? Pink Ribbons, Inc. is a feature documentary that shows how the devastating reality of breast cancer, which marketing experts have labeled a "dream cause," becomes obfuscated by a shiny, pink story of success.

A profound look into the BRCA world examining what it is and how this mutation puts both women and men at a higher risk of developing numerous cancers.

Meredith Baxter plays Joyce Wadler in this heartwarming story of hope, courage and redemption inspired by the New York City journalist's real-life struggle with breast cancer. Stuck in a lackluster relationship with her boyfriend, she's forced to re-examine her life when she receives the troubling diagnosis.

A woman in the fourth month of her first pregnancy fights to save the baby while being treated for breast cancer.

In 2017 I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I decided to film my time in waiting rooms, surgery and chemotherapy. Shot exclusively on the iPhone X, The Waiting Room is an unflinching portrait of the blood, sweat and tears of cancer treatment. At home I filmed with my teenage son, as we came to terms with how family life was transformed by a year of living with cancer. The Waiting Room challenges the cultural myths that surround this disease, putting under the microscope the language of illness. The Waiting Room documents illness from a patient’s POV, exploring what we can and what we can’t control when our bodies fail us. The Waiting Room 30 minute smartphone short was broadcast on The Guardian website as part of their documentaries strand.

Forty-something Cecilia better known as Sissy to her friends is a cheery and vivacious seamstress. Wai Mun, her husband of many years is the captain of an acclaimed Chinese restaurant. Although somewhat discontented with life since his migration from Hong Kong to Singapore, he and Sissy are a loving couple and enjoy a blissful marriage. They have a 15-year-old son and a nine-year-old daughter who has a very close relationship with Sissy and is a source of great cheer and comfort to her. In a twist of fate, an unexpected occurrence befalls their seemingly mediocre and uneventful lives. One day as Sissy feels a hard lump in her left breast. A gush of complex emotions overwhelms her.

The film follows Michael Moskowitz’s work with a New York-based therapist named Kirkland Vaughns, one of the few African-American Freudian therapists in the United States, while the director reveals her own family’s devastating trauma.

Basado en la vida de la poetisa tanka Fumiko Nakajo, la película cuenta la historia de una mujer de mentalidad moderna aquejada de un cáncer de mama.

At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with a genetic test result that leaves her vulnerable and confused, she balances dreams of having her own children with the unnerving reality that she is risking her life by holding on to her fertility.

Holanda /// Cuenta la vida de Maarten y su hermana Molly, y los amores y desamores que se encontrarán en el camino.

Shortly after its release, the book was optioned by Working Title Films in conjunction with Cate Blanchett. In March 2013, it was announced that HBO Films is set to produce a film adaptation of the book starring Blanchett. HBO Films is closing a deal with Julie Delpy to adapt the Marisa Acocella Marchetto memoir Cancer Vixen: A True Story as a star vehicle for Cate Blanchett. Blanchett is an executive producer on the project alongside Maven Pictures partners Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray. (Aug 2013)