Princes In Exile
– Diagnosed as having a brain tumor, seventeen-year-old Ryan is angrily resigned to the fact that he m..
Diagnosed as having a brain tumor, seventeen-year-old Ryan is angrily resigned to the fact that he may not live to see another year. With time running out, he clings to two goals: publishing his journal and losing his virginity. But as Ryan finds fresh strength from his new friends' optimism and defiant refusal to surrender to cancer, his perspective changes.
27 Nov 1991
English
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Giles Walker
Mark Schreiber (novel), Joe Wiesenfeld (screenplay)
Zachary Ansley, Nicholas Shields, Stacie Mistysyn, Chuck Shamata
Diagnosed as having a brain tumor, seventeen-year-old Ryan is angrily resigned to the fact that he may not live to see another year. With time running out, he clings to two goals: publishing his journal and losing his virginity. But as Ryan finds fresh strength from his new friends' optimism and defiant refusal to surrender to cancer, his perspective changes.
2 wins & 5 nominations.
National Film Board of Canada