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This Life (2015)

2015-10-05 · 43m · EN
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Set in contemporary Montreal, “This Life” is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, an accomplished columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to prepare her teenage children for life without her. Her tight-knit family – sister, two brothers and parents – do the best they can to help her, while coping with their own responses to this revelation.

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Torri HigginsonTorri HigginsonNatalie LawsonLauren Lee SmithLauren Lee SmithMaggie LawsonRick RobertsRick RobertsMatthew LawsonKristopher TurnerKristopher TurnerOliver LawsonJames WotherspoonJames WotherspoonCaleb LawsonStephanie JanusauskasStephanie JanusauskasEmma Lawson-CrowleyJulia Scarlett DanJulia Scarlett DanRomy Lawson-CrowleyRachael CrawfordRachael CrawfordDanielle BergJanet-Laine GreenJanet-Laine GreenJanine LawsonPeter MacNeillPeter MacNeillGerald LawsonShawn DoyleShawn DoyleAndrew WallaceMelissa O'NeilMelissa O'NeilSarah

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What is This Life about?

Set in contemporary Montreal, “This Life” is a family saga focusing on Natalie Lawson, an accomplished columnist and single mother in her early forties whose terminal cancer diagnosis sends her on a quest to prepare her teenage children for life without her. Her tight-knit family – sister, two brothers and parents – do the best they can to help her, while coping with their own responses to this revelation.

How long is This Life?

This Life has a runtime of 43 minutes.