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Mood:
- EmotionalTouching
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Plot:
- Child IllnessTerminal IllnessLife is a BitchUnfulfillmentTragic HeroDoctors and PatientsFriendshipTeenage Life more...
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Genres:
- Drama
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Time/Period:
- 70s
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Place:
- Hospital
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Promises in the Dark, 1979
English
USA
Profile of Promises in the Dark
Promises in the Dark can be described as emotional and touching. The plot revolves around childhood illness, terminal illness, and themes of unfulfillment. The main genre is drama. In approach, Promises in the Dark is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a hospital.
Summary of Promises in the Dark
This heartwrenching tale chronicles the slow demise of Buffy Koenig (Kathleen Beller), a terminally ill cancer patient undergoing a series of futile treatments. Always by her side during the relentless chemotherapy, surgical and radiation procedures is her devoted doctor (Marsha Mason), who suffers through her own journey of grief.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 2 November 1979 |
| Runtime: | 118 min |
Cast and Crew
as Dr. Alexandra Kendall
as Bud Koenig
as Fran Koenig
as Dr. Jim Sandman
