Synopsis
Story of a New England boys' school and of one of the students who is infatuated with an instructor's wife who has Multiple Sclerosis. The woman struggles to show her strict husband how love rather than demands helps the student to blossom, but finally she falls into a coma. While she is able to have some 'looking down' awareness of what is happening, her coma is what brings her husband to an understanding of the needs of others.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Howard GoldbergDirector
- Howard GoldbergWriter
- Brad FiedelOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Joanna GoingHelen Kunen
- Dylan WalshBill Kunen
- Sean Patrick FlaneryDave Edgerton
- Sean ChristensenRick
- Edward O'BlenisSonny
- John AylwardDr. Bryson
- Anne ChristiansonMilly
- Marjorie NelsonRuth
- R. Hamilton WrightMr. Bainbridge
- Stephen LennstromJohnny
- Annie Michelle PriceAmy
- John BillingsleyLee
Themes
boarding schoolhousewifeteacherinfatuationnew englandmultiple sclerosis