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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Based on his own novel Metaphysics, Lech Majewski crafts intimate passion plays and creates "a luminous, highly erotic treatise on art, love and death" (Chicago Reader). When a terminally-ill art historian meets an engineer, it is love and lust at first sight. But their love is threatened by her looming illness. With her remaining days on earth numbered, she chooses to fan the flames of her obsession by taking her lover on a trip to Venice, where...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
Based on the classic lesbian play, Last Summer at Bluefish Cove, the gorgeous drama Liz in September stars Latina lesbian supermodel Patricia Velasquez as Liz, a hardcore party girl and womanizer. Liz (who is ill) and her friends are at a beach resort celebrating what they don't realize could be her last birthday. When an outsider joins the party, Liz's friends dare her to seduce the newcomer - and nothing turns out as expected.
6) Hope
Publisher
KimStim
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Norwegian
Description
The troubled relationship between Anja and Tomas, an unmarried couple who have been together for years, is thrown into turmoil when Anja learns she has three months to live.
7) The hero
Publisher
The Orchard
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lee Hayden (Sam Elliot) is a Western icon with a golden voice, but his best performances are decades behind him. He spends his days reliving old glories with his former co-star-turned-drug dealer, Jeremy (Nick Offerman), until a surprise cancer diagnosis brings his priorities into sharp focus. He soon strikes up an exciting, contentious relationship with stand-up comic Charlotte (Laura Prepon), and he attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter,...
8) The farewell
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Chinese-born, U.S.-raised Billi reluctantly returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their beloved matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the joyful guise of an expedited wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations and proprieties, she finds...
9) The farewell
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a Chinese family finds out that their grandmother has only a short time left to live, they plan a family reunion before she dies without telling her.
10) Peaceful
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Français
Description
A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor and a nurse fight to do their job and help them find acceptance. The four of them have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to die while living. Writer and director Emmanuelle Bercot initially set out to explore the undying connection between a mother and her child, but through a chance encounter with Dr. Gabriel Sara,...
11) Our friend
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entert
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Follows Matt and Nicole Teague and their two young daughters after Nicole is diagnosed with terminal cancer and the couple's best friend puts his life on hold to stay with them for help and support.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Returning from a business trip abroad, Jane has a dizzy spell while at home. As her condition does not improve, she consults a doctor who finds that she is very ill and that she has no family to help her through this very trying time. He enlists the help of a therapist who is very hesitant to become involved in this case due to the loss she suffered as a young child. As her condition deteriorates, Jane learns how to come to terms with her past as...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Follows the follies of a stressed-out guy in a dead-end job who is told he has a terminal "brain cloud." A zany jillionaire then makes him an offer that gives him a fleeting taste of the good life. In exchange, he must journey to a Pacific Island and leap into a volcano. Is Joe doomed to be the last of the red-hot lovers? Not if the forces of imagination, romantic comedy, and the charm of Ryan in 3 roles as the women in Joe's life have their way.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Language
English
Description
At 48-years-old, Manhattan restauranteur Will Keane adores women, but has never thought seriously about marriage or commitment until he meets Charlotte Fielding. As their relationship blossoms, they both realize that this love will last a lifetime, but for Charlotte a lifetime may be much shorter than either of them is prepared to accept.
16) The professor
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Johnny Depp delivers a wickedly funny performance as Richard, a buttoned-down college lecturer who, after learning he has six months to live, transforms into a rebellious party animal. To the shock of his wife and school chancellor, and the delight of his students, Richard leads a hilarious crusade against authority and hypocrisy in this dark comedy costarring Zoey Deutch.
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Maxwell Bright is a male chauvinist who's tired of relationships with strong-willed, independent women. Max's solution: shell out big bucks for an Asian mail-order bride who will do what she's told, speak only when spoken to and never say "no." But what Max gets is an unexpected lesson in life about the search for meaning and the power of love.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Even though his cancer's in remission, chemistry teacher turned meth maker Walter White still can't catch a break. His wife has filed for divorce, his DEA agent brother-in-law is out to bust him, and a Mexican cartel just wants him dead. But with his family's future still at stake, Walt cooks up a deal that will make him a fortune, a scheme with a terrible price.
19) Last holiday
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Georgia Byrd is a department store employee who leads a life of frustrated desires. She particularly likes the bashful salesman from the outdoor furnishings department. But when she learns she only has a few weeks left to live, Georgia gathers her money, quits her job, and flies to the swank European resort she's always dreamed of visiting. Naturally, her new carelessness with money and fearless candor lead everyone around her, including a senator...
20) Beaches
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Two childhood friends are reunited in their middle age and one learns she is dying of a fatal disease.
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