A Woman Like Me

"When you are stuck between a rock and a hard place, can your imagination get you out?"

Oct 9 2015 Not Rated 1h 19m
Biography, Documentary

A WOMAN LIKE ME is a hybrid documentary that interweaves the real story of director Alex Sichel, diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2011, with the fictional story of Anna Seashell, who struggles to find the glass half full when faced with the same diagnosis. The film follows Alex as she uses her craft to explore what is foremost on her mind while confronting a terminal disease: parenting, marriage, faith, life, and death. When we are stuck between a rock and hard place, can our imagination get us out?

Plot

A Woman Like Me is a documentary that interweaves the real story of Alex Sichel, diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2011, with the fictional story of Anna Seashell (played by Lili Taylor), who manages to find the glass half full when faced with the same diagnosis. The documentary follows Alex as she uses narrative film to explore what is foremost on her mind while confronting a terminal disease: parenting, marriage, faith, life, and death.

Written by

Alex Sichel

Directed by

Elizabeth Giamatti, Alex Sichel

Cast

Lili Taylor

Crew

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Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations

Trailers
A Woman Like Me - SXSW 2015 Accepted Film
Scores
# of Votes
79
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA