Plot
This is a tragic tale of the slow degeneration of a cancer patient that is filled with pathos and sorrow. Buffy Koenig (Kathleen Beller) is terminally ill with cancer and for the two-hour running time, she goes through several surgical procedures, suffers all the devastating side effects of chemotherapy, and gets unrelentingly worse. Her doctor (Marsha Mason) has a certain amount of conflict herself, but that is nothing compared to the young patient's distraught parents (Ned Beatty and Susan Clark) or her grief-stricken boyfriend (Paul Clemens).
Themes:
Dying Young,Battling Illness
Tone:
Poignant,Tearjerking
Keywords:
cancer,courage,death,disease,doctor/nurse,emotion,family,friendship,help,hospital,teenagers,terminal-illness