My Life Without Me
My Life Without Me is a 2003 Canadian drama film directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Scott Speedman, and Leonor Watling. Based on the 1997 short story collection Pretending the Bed Is a Raft by Nanci Kincaid, it tells a story of a 23-year-old woman, with a husband and two daughters, who finds out she is going to die soon. The film is an El Deseo and My Life Productions co-production.
Plot
We first see Ann as she is experiencing the rain, mentally describing how it makes her feel.
Awards
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| author | Isabel Coixet |
|---|---|
| award | 24th Genie Awards Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q20970213 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q55078466 |
| contentLocation | Vancouver |
| director | Isabel Coixet |
| editor | Lisa Robison |
| events | cancer dying Mortality salience Tempus fugit terminal illness |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | anemia bucket list conjoined twins cove end even fall jail long morning new job nurse ovarian cancer sexual relationship siamese twins tragic story traumatize young daughter young woman |
| musicBy | Alfonso Vilallonga |
| nomination | European Film Award for Best Director European Film Award for Best Film |
| producer | Esther García Gordon McLennan |
| productionCompany | El Deseo Milestone Entertainment |
| publisher | Alliance Films |
| recordedAt | Vancouver |
| theme | death independent |