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My Life Without Me

2003 · 106 min

A quiet, heartbreakingly intimate portrait of a woman quietly preparing to leave, balancing tenderness and sorrow with everyday moments.

Directed by
Isabel Coixet
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Sarah Polley, Amanda Plummer, Scott Speedman
Tagline
What you are… is what you leave behind.
Overview
A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.

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Stream in the UK
  • Amazon Prime Video
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Isabel Coixet
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Sarah Polley, Amanda Plummer, Scott Speedman
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • grief
  • love
  • family
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Isabel Coixet
Written by
Isabel Coixet
Starring
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Music
Alfonso Vilallonga
Cinematography
Jean-Claude Larrieu
Runtime
106 min
Country
Canada, Spain
Languages
English

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