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Sunshine (1973) (TV Film) |
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'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. |
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The film is
told in flashbacks after the scattering of her ashes |
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and is set
in the hippy 60s. |
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A young
mother has a tumour on a bone in her leg which is |
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malignant.
Doctor wants to amputate her leg but she won't |
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allow it.
They suggest chemotherapy but she won't take her |
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drugs. She
is given10-20% chance to live for 5 years. |
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Later the
cancer spreads to her lung. Her husband gets a job |
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but he's
having an affair with the upstairs neighbour. Before |
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Supposedly
there is a sequel called 'Sunshine Christmas' |
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presumably
without the mother who died. |
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There are
some wonderful comments about the film at IMDB: |
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including
"The more I saw it, the more I cried, until I had to |
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stop seeing
it!" "This movie can move you."
David
Just a short note. There is a sequel called "Sunshine Christmas", I
know as I have both movies on DVDs from video.
Regards
Vince
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