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Now Is Good (2012)

Now Is Good poster
Directed by
Ol Parker
Genre
drama film, teen film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 1,111 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl with leukemia makes a list of things she wants to experience before she dies. She tries to live fully and falls in love while dealing with her illness and her worried family.

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What happens

Now Is Good is a 2012 teen romantic drama film written and directed by Ol Parker, based on the 2007 novel Before I Die by Jenny Downham. The film, which stars Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Irvine and Paddy Considine, centres on Tessa, a teenage girl who is dying of leukaemia and tries to enjoy her remaining life as much as she possibly can. The film was released in cinemas in the United Kingdom on 19 September 2012 by Warner Bros. Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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