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Matters of Life and Dating (2007)

Matters of Life and Dating poster
Original title
Matters of Life & Dating
Directed by
Peter Wellington
Genre
biographical film, romantic comedy
Country
United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman navigates dating after breast cancer surgery and reconstruction. She deals with new challenges and finds confidence in her relationships.

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What happens

Matters of Life and Dating is a 2007 American romantic comedy television film directed by Peter Wellington and written by Nina Colman, based on the 1990 memoir Up Front: Sex and the Post-Mastectomy Woman by Linda Dackman. The film stars Ricki Lake as Dackman, who struggles to re-enter the dating world after being diagnosed with breast cancer and undergoing a mastectomy and breast reconstruction. Holly Robinson Peete and Rachael Harris also star. The film aired on Lifetime on October 22, 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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