When Elliot, a brash 23-year-old living carefree in New York City, meets the sensible Mia and receives a damning diagnosis all in the same week, his world is turned completely upside down. But as their love blossoms amidst the chaos of his treatment, they discover that Elliot's illness is not the real test of their relationship – it's everything else.
Acting
White's chaotic vulnerability; Monroe's exhausted patience.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like 20-somethings talking.
Director
Hannah Marks
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marks and Power made this before her breakout in 'Dickinson'—they'd dated in real life, which explains the raw familiarity.
The film deliberately subverts the 'dying girl' trope by making the sick person the emotional burden, not the saint.
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