The Book Of Stars
The Bond Between Sisters. The Magic Of Love.
A beautiful and touching story about the relationship between two sisters, Mary (Jena Malone), a terminally ill but resilient 16-year old and Penny (Mary Stuart Masterson), a jaded ex-poet who doesn't believe in her sister's magical vision of life. It is up to Mary to believe for both of them, giving shape to their dreams in the beautiful and mystical volume she keeps in her "Book of Stars and Lovely Things." Through this book and with the help of her new next door neighbor (Karl Geary), the Professor (Delroy Lindo) and the prisoner (D.B. Sweeney) who has been writing to Penny, Mary hopes she can build a bridge from Penny's past to a more hopeful future.
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Book of Stars - binky
This film is extremely well made. It is a small gem about a 15 year old teenager with Cystic Fibrosis who lives with her jaded sister who is also a disillusioned writer(Masterson). At night, the sister prostitutes herself. Although the illness is a difficult subject matter, the young adolescent (Jena Malone) is totally in love with life. She holds out hope for all things she has yet to experience. There are moments of utter magic like when a new neighbour spies Jena looking at him through a window, and he looks right back at her through the hole in his umbrella. I loved every minute of it.
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Book of Stars - binky
This film is extremely well made. It is a small gem about a 15 year old teenager with Cystic Fibrosis who lives with her jaded sister who is also a disillusioned writer(Masterson). At night, the sister prostitutes herself. Although the illness is a difficult ...