Swimming Upstream (2002)

This is a heartwrenching story about a happygolucky 17 yearold boy with a passion for life and love Under his free spirit are problems that he must deal with His mother died his alcoholic father is unapproachable and the biggest problem of all he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer The only support he receives is from a sister who also lives a fractured life his immature best friend and his girlfriend Swimming Upstream is a moving and honest look at lifes painful realities and how this teen deals with them