A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.
Emma Thompson
Vivian Bearing
Audra McDonald
Susie Monahan
Jonathan M. Woodward
Dr Jason Posner
Christopher Lloyd
Dr. Harvey Kelekian
Eileen Atkins
Evelyn 'E.M' Ashford
Benedict Wong
Fellow 2
Harold Pinter
Mr. Bearing
Raffaello Degruttola
Technician 1
Miquel Brown
Technician 2
Hari Dhillon
Fellow 1
Director
Mike Nichols
Tagline
"It appears to be a matter of life and death."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
HBO Films
CinemaSerf
July 12, 2026
If you recall the "Paper Chase" (1973) you'll be familiar with the concept of a hard-nosed academic who teaches students with a barely veiled sense of contempt and ruthlessness. Well skip on almost three decades and it's Emma Thompson's "Vivian" who rules her class of English literature students with a similarly unforgiving rod of iron. Then she starts to feel a bit ropey and after a visit to her ...
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