Kanji Watanabe is een kantoormedewerker die, net als al zijn collega's, niets uitvoert op z'n werk. Dan ontdekt hij op een dag dat hij maagkanker heeft en nog maar een paar maanden heeft te leven. Hij besluit vervolgens om deze laatste maanden te gebruiken om het nut van zijn leven te ontdekken.
Chao discovers that he is suffering from cancer and has only a few months to live. Wanting to alleviate his girlfriend Su-An's financial burdens, Chao starts working as a muscleman for a mob boss and successfully expels the competing gang from the area. With nothing left to lose, he becomes unstoppable.
Thomas hoort dat hij kanker heeft en dat zijn dagen geteld zijn. Hij besluit de tijd die hem nog rest, te gebruiken om zo veel mogelijk slechteriken uit de weg te ruimen.
A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and doctor try to keep the secret of his terminal cancer from him, Buhei gradually comes to realize the truth of his condition, leading him on a journey of despair, anger, and – ultimately – acceptance.
Een gezin ontdekt dat hun jongste dochter kanker heeft. Maar de echte strijd moet nog beginnen.
Kasumi is in the midst of an affair with Ishiyama, one of her husband's clients. When Kasumi and her family visit Ishiyama's villa in Hokkaido, she plans to abandon them to be with Ishiyama. The next morning, her daughter Yuka disappears, which throws Kasumi's life into turmoil. Years later, Yuka remains missing, and Kasumi journeys back to Hokkaido with Utsumi, a terminally-ill former detective, and tries to follow any leads she can.
Three men are united around the coffin of a woman they have never seen before. They have been summoned to the morgue by their old school-friend, now a factory boss, who promised the old, lonely lady a decent funeral.
Maxx and his girlfriend Lisa are a pair of recovering drug addicts whom are recruited by a clan of sex & violence crazed vampires led by the egotistical and charismatic Darius. But to become members, Maxx and Lisa have to give up their humanity and become vampires themselves. As Maxx and Lisa adopt to their new lifestyle of immortality with all the advantages and disadvantages, their addiction to drugs now turns to addiction to human blood and each new 'fix' leads them deeper into debauchery. Will these two rookie vampires find salvation, or be damned to all eternity of their latest thirst for blood?
'Biutiful' vertelt het verhaal van de criminele tussenbaas Uxbal, die in een vettig glimmend Barcelona de schakel is tussen een Chinees naaiatelier en illegale Afrikanen die nep spullen verkopen in combinatie met drugs.
Volg de dappere strijd van acteur Andy Whitfield, die midden in de opnames van de serie Spartacus: Blood and Sand een vreselijke kankerdiagnose kreeg.
The story of Singe and Kate, a couple from North Somerset, whose lives were turned upside down when Kate was diagnosed with an incurable breast cancer. Over her last few days, she created her list: writing her thoughts and memories down, to help the man she loved create the best life possible for their two sons, after she was gone.
A dysfunctional family reunites after the son, Matt, is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Matt and his sister Kate make a pact. He agrees to give her his sperm for future use with a partner if she agrees to come out to the family that night.
When theatre actor Giuliano receives an unexpected visit from his childhood friend Tommasso, the encounter is bittersweet. This reunion is their first meeting in many years, triggered by Giuliano’s failing health and his decision to forgo treatment. Instead he is focussed on putting his affairs in order: distributing possessions, reconciling past disputes, and, most importantly, finding a home for his beloved canine, Pato. Over four days, the two men walk the streets of Rome, visiting bookshops, restaurants, veterinarians and friends, examining their lives and speculating on what the future holds.
Anna krijgt van de dokter te horen dat ze aan kanker lijdt en terminaal ziek is. Ze keert terug naar Oregon om opnieuw contact te maken met haar broer die van haar vervreemd is. Tegelijkertijd maakt ze de hartverscheurende keuze om haar leven te beëindigen door het recht op waardig sterven te gebruiken.
The film follows an emotionally harrowing journey endured by young gay photographer Alex, after he is diagnosed with peritoneal cancer. Abandoned by his brother and his on-again, off-again lover, Alex is forced to face his mortality and the loss of his sexual identity through sheer resilience. A devastating, but ultimately hopeful story of survival and resolve.
Since discovering cancer, Omar has lived with pain, the imminence of death, uncertainty about the future and the suffering of his family. The documentary is a punch in the stomach, a plea for help and a breath of hope for those who battle the disease.
Set against the backdrop of the Cervical Check scandal that rocks Ireland "THE LETTERS" tells the story of three women from different walks of life who have weeks to live due to the false results of their cervical cancer checks.
During an annual cabin retreat, a dying man must confront past mistakes after learning he may not know his friends as well as he may think.
When a pandemic rages to an attack ; Sarah discovers that she has only six months to live ;confined to her home with her husband Phil ; the young couple will have to face their fear together ; the fear of death ; the fear of being forgotten.