A Woman Like Me (2014)

Directed by

Elizabeth Giamatti, Alex Sichel

Genre

documentary film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary mixes real life and fiction to follow filmmaker Alex Sichel after she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. It also tells the story of a fictional character, Anna Seashell, who faces the same diagnosis.

contemplativeintimatebittersweetrawpersonalpoignantmeditativegentle

What happens

A Woman Like Me is a 2015 documentary directed by Elizabeth Giamatti and Alex Sichel. It runs parallel to the real-life story of Sichel, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2011. The fictional story of Anna Seashell, played by Lili Taylor, is of a woman who is given the same diagnosis. The documentary follows Alex as she uses narrative film to show her journey through terminal illness as it surrounds her and her families life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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