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A woman suffering from terminal cancer struggles to resolve several relationships in her life: a devoted but stressed lover, an estranged sister, and a daughter on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
Top billed cast
Elizabeth HuddleKate
Christopher LloydPaul
Elizabeth FranzDoctor
Robert Curtis BrownLuke
Laurie PrangeAnn
Leslie PaxtonRebecca
Shelley WyantMaggie
Robert BrownLuke- Tamar KummelGirl on trampoline
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