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Credits
Warner Bros. Pictures (United Kingdom)
TF1 (France)
Production company
Blueprint Pictures
Distributed by
Directed by
Ol Parker
Screenplay by
Ol Parker
Based on Before I Die by Jenny Downham
Produced by
Graham Broadbent
Pete Czernin
Cinematography
Erik Wilson
Edited by
Peter Lambert
Music by
Dustin O'Halloran
Synopsis
Tessa is seventeen with terminal acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Aided by her best friend Zoey, she fulfills an undisclosed bucket list before her impending death. One night, both attempt to engage in sex with two boys they pick up in a club. Tessa goes on a radio talk show with her overbearing single father, where she pokes fun at her terminal diagnosis and approaches it with humour. Tessa is loving and caring towards her brother Cal, towards whom she feels guilty for stealing her parents' attention, and gives him days that are all about him while dealing with her father trying to treasure every moment with his daughter, while her mother is supportive, but is rarely there for her. Tessa gets the last of her chemotherapy equipment removed from her body so she can live the rest of her days normally. She meets her new neighbour Adam, who is taking care of his handicapped widowed mother while putting his own life on hold such as going to university, and Tessa instantly befriends him. Adam joins Tessa and Zoey on their adventures, where he takes care of both of them while they take hallucinogenic mushrooms before going into the forest and finding great cliffs, followed by going to a party where Tessa and Adam start developing feelings for each other. Tessa and Zoey continue to fulfil Tessa's bucket list by stealing from a store, but after being caught Tessa discovers that Zoey stole a pregnancy test, suggesting that she may be pregnant. Tessa's health begins to deteriorate rapidly and her nurse tells her that she will die within days. Tessa spends her last days dozing in and out of consciousness due to the drugs, while spending her last days with Adam, her father, her mother, and her brother. She has a series of daydreams where she lives a healthy happy life with Adam and her family. The daydreams are cut short with her family saying their final goodbyes to a barely conscious Tessa followed by another daydream of a healthy Tessa and Adam together on the ocean cliffs, which is followed by Tessa lying peacefully with Adam (presumably peacefully dying in Adam's arms) and one final daydream of Tessa meeting Zoey's baby with the final monologue that "life is a series of moments. Let them go. Moments all gathering toward this one" with a healthy smiling Tessa holding Zoey's new born baby girl.
17 сен 2022
