Promises in the Dark [DVD REGION:1 USA] Mono Sound, Widescreen USA import

Warner Archives

Promises in the Dark [DIGITAL VIDEO DISC] Mono Sound, Widescreen

Title: Promises in the Dark

Format: DIGITAL VIDEO DISC

Label: Warner Archives

Genre: Drama

UPC: 883316127124

Release Date: 2009

Numbed by career demands and a recent divorce, Dr. Alexandra Kendall (Marsha Mason) hides behind a hard shell of professional detatchment ' until she treats Buffy Koenig (Kathleen Beller), a dying 17-year-old cancer patient who reawakens Kendall to life's possibilities. Soon the courageous girl's condition takes a downturn ' and the physician must carefully, even agonizingly, weigh the consequences of keeping a promise she made to Buffy. Jerome Hellman, producer of such award-winning movies as Midnight Cowboy, Coming Home and The Mosquito Coast, makes his directorial debut on this frank, finely crafted film casting an unflinching yet compassionate eye on illness. Full of memorable performances, Promises in the Dark moves, challenges ' and inspires you to live life more fully.