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3A 1991 American romantic drama film directed by Creator/JoelSchumacher, which has a young nurse (Creator/JuliaRoberts) falling for the terminally-ill patient (Creator/CampbellScott) she is caring for.
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5The movie also stars Creator/VincentDOnofrio, Creator/ColleenDewhurst, Creator/EllenBurstyn, Creator/DavidSelby, Creator/GeorgeMartin, and Creator/AJJohnson.
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7It was released on June 21, 1991.
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11* TheFilmOfTheBook: Based on the novel of the same name by Marti Leimbach.
12* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: A tragic version where Hilary falls for Victor, a man with leukemia whom she's supposed to be treating.
13* PlotIncitingInfidelity: The movie starts with Hilary catching her boyfriend cheating, moving out of their apartment and becoming a live-in nurse to a rich, 28 year-old man named Victor with leukemia.
14* {{Tagline}}: "She's giving him something nobody else could. A reason to live".
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