Alex: The Life of a Child (1986)
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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