The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Uplifting and intimate look at the last days of an elderly cancer victim. The film is even more relevant as it was written specifically for the lead actress, Sheila Florance, who was in fact dying of cancer as she created what is essentially a self-portrait.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Paul CoxWriter
- Paul CoxDirector
- Paul GrabowskyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sheila FloranceMartha
- Małgorzata DobrowolskaAnna
- Norman KayeBilly
- Chris HaywoodJonathan
- Ernie GrayPeter
- Myrtle WoodsMiss Inchley
- Bruce MylesCon 1
- Alex MengletCon 2
- François BernardNeighbor
- Monica MaughanCast
- Max GilliesCast
- Tony Llewellyn-JonesCast
Stills
Themes
cancerdying woman