Alex: The Life of a Child (1986)

Directed by

Robert Markowitz

Genre

drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the story of Alex, a young girl who lived with cystic fibrosis. It shows how she faced her illness with determination and warmth, while her father wrote about her life after her death.

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What happens

Alex: The Life of a Child is a biography and film about the life and death of Alexandra Deford from cystic fibrosis. After her death in 1980 at the age of eight, her father, Frank Deford, a sportswriter, was inspired to write a memoir about Alex three years later. The book depicts Alex's determination to make the best of her circumstances and brings awareness to the disease that took her life. The book was adapted into a 1986 ABC film directed by Robert Markowitz and starring Craig T. Nelson as Frank Deford, Bonnie Bedelia as Carol Deford, and Gennie James as Alex Deford. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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