A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
Acting
Thompson's masterclass in vulnerability wearing arrogance
Direction
Nichols strips theater to its brutal essence
Writing
Margaret Edson's Pulitzer-winning precision
Director
Mike Nichols
Emma Thompson
Vivian Bearing
Audra McDonald
Susie Monahan
Jonathan M. Woodward
Dr Jason Posner
Christopher Lloyd
Dr. Harvey Kelekian
Eileen Atkins
Evelyn 'E.M' Ashford
Benedict Wong
Fellow 2
Harold Pinter
Mr. Bearing
Raffaello Degruttola
Technician 1
Miquel Brown
Technician 2
Hari Dhillon
Fellow 1
Lachele Carl
Fellow 4
David Menkin
Student 1
Shauna Shim
Student 3
David Zayas
Code Team Blue Head
Jenny Jules
Code Team Blue 5
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Emma Thompson shaved her head on camera in one continuous take—no prosthetics.
The film explicitly breaks fourth wall to mirror how Vivian's students became her audience, now she performs dying.
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