Cancer Vixen: A True Story

Библиотекарь из Бруклина Чарли страдает редким заболеванием — катаплексией. Чаще всего приступы вызывает радость, поэтому главный герой пытается оградиться от чрезмерных, в том числе и положительных, эмоций. За свою жизнь Чарли научился контролировать свои чувства, избегая событий, которые могут привести его к приступу паралича. Но однажды Чарли встречает Франческу, которая влюбляется в него. И жизнь Чарли меняется.

Dr Dennis Slamon, an American oncologist, discovers a treatment that could possibly cure breast cancer without radiation or chemotherapy. He tries to look for ways to fund the medication.

Филипп красив, богат и… одинок. Ида замужем, но ее супруг увлечен другой. Скоро они встретятся на свадьбе своих детей в одном из самых живописных городов мира -итальянском Сорренто. Знойные неаполитанские ночи, аромат лимонных деревьев и непередаваемая атмосфера праздника помогут вспомнить, что любовь — это все, что им нужно…

Двое мужчин, одна женщина и один десятилетний ребенок переживают потери и триумфы, спорят о футболе, борются со смертью и до смерти любят друг друга. Магда — талантливая учительница и любящая мама, собирает все силы, чтобы победить болезнь и вернуть себе право жить и быть счастливой.

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.

Реальная история по роману-бестселлеру. Кейт и её муж жили счастливой жизнью. Крепкая любовь, двое прекрасных сыновей, большой дом, работа – у семьи было всё, чтобы каждый день встречать с улыбкой. Но в один день земля ушла из-под их ног. У Кейт обнаружили неизлечимую болезнь. Врачи сказали, что жить осталось совсем немного... Молодая мама поняла, что муж и дети должны быть счастливыми и жить дальше с улыбкой, а не горевать о ней. Чтобы помочь им справиться с утратой, Кейт начала писать записки с пожеланиями и удивительными заданиями для своей семьи.

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.

Shortly after graduating from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Geralyn Lucas lands her dream job working for 20/20. Lucas is then diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 27 and has a dilemma - whether to have a lumpectomy or the potentially safer mastectomy.

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.

По одноимённому произведению Акиры Вакацуки, посвященному жизни и смерти поэтессы Фумико Накадзё. Реальные люди представлены в книге и фильме под именами Оцуки и Симодзё. Фумико несчастна в браке, её муж неудачник, он злоупотребляет снотворным, бьёт её и заводит связи на стороне. Всё заканчивается разводом. В одинокой женщине просыпается чувственность, она смело выражает в стихах всё, что кипит в её сердце. Она готова на всё, но неожиданно у неё диагностируют рак груди...

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.

When Molly, the 21 year-old sister of Maarten, departs the family home, she leaves her older brother with empty nest syndrome. But it also opens up new opportunities for him, such as the possibility to explore his love for Arthur, a closet gay. Molly and Maarten wrestle with their personal relationships and also their relationship with one another, but fate nevertheless seems determined to strike them both down.

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)