17 Dec 2022
Grinta
Kenneth struggles with Multiple Sclerosis and still keeps it hidden from those around him. During a football game he faces a tipping point.
Eden
Let your spirits soar.
Story of a New England boys' school and of one of the students who is infatuated with an instructor's wife who has Multiple Sclerosis. The woman struggles to show her strict husband how love rather than demands helps the student to blossom, but finally she falls into a coma. While she is able to have some 'looking down' awareness of what is happening, her coma is what brings her husband to an understanding of the needs of others.
Top Billed Cast
Joanna Going Helen Kunen
Dylan Walsh Bill Kunen
Sean Patrick Flanery Dave Edgerton
Sean Christensen Rick
Edward O'Blenis Sonny
John Aylward Dr. Bryson
Anne Christianson Milly
Marjorie Nelson Ruth
R. Hamilton Wright Mr. Bainbridge
Stephen Lennstrom Johnny
Annie Michelle Price Amy
John Billingsley Lee
David Estrem Dean Shays
J. Zachary Lenihan Isherwood
Dennis Troutman Parker
Bonnie Root Lucy
Wally Dalton Red Fleischer
Tony Doupe Officer Stanley
Maggie Heffernan Janet
Anna Faris Dithy
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