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Aug 24, 2022 · Paul Cox’s “A Woman’s Tale” (1991) tells the honest, brave and profoundly touching story of the last days of a 78-year-old woman named Martha (Florance), who lives with her memories and treasured possessions in a few rooms in a Melbourne rental complex and defiantly guards her independence. She knows she is dying and has shrugged off ...
1 hr 33 min. 7.2 (486) A Woman's Tale is a 1991 Australian drama film that revolves around an elderly woman named Martha, played by renowned Australian actress Sheila Florance. The movie begins with Martha being admitted to the hospital for a routine check-up but eventually finding out that she has a tumor that could be fatal.
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Sep 10, 2012 · A Woman's Tale. Film; Advertising. Time Out says. Australia's art house maestro deals here with the life of an eccentric 80-year-old woman suffering from terminal cancer. Martha (spunkily played ...
Uplifting and intimate look at the last days of an elderly cancer victim. The film is even more relevant as it was written specifically for the lead actress, Sheila Florance, who was in fact dying of cancer as she created what is essentially a self-portrait. Exec. Producer. 93 mins More at IMDb TMDb.
A WOMAN'S TALE. A touching, sensitive, Australian film about an elderly woman dying of cancer (played by 78 year old actress Sheila Florance who knew she was dying of cancer when the film was being made) who has lost none of her joie de vivre and continues to live life to the fullest without the smallest hint of self-pity for her future death, which she knows is imminent.
Crystal is a pretty, African-American girl with a head full of curls. “I saw every bone in her chest. In the girl’s chest,” Crystal says. “Aw, she was just out there too long on that stuff ...
