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Spoonface Steinberg (1998)
Director: Betsan Morris Evans
Cast: Linda Bassett, Helen McCrory, Mark Strong, Ella Jones
Runtime50 min
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Television film version of Lee Hall's award-winning radio play. Spoonface is seven years old, Jewish, autistic - and terminally ill with cancer. As she tries to come to terms with the meaning of life and death, she draws inspiration from the prisoners in the Nazi concentration camps who died with dignity and their spirit unbowed.
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Fans of deeply poignant character studies and exceptional acting performances will be captivated by the 1998 TV movie Spoonface Steinberg, directed by Betsan Morris Evans. The film's nuanced exploration of a terminally ill autistic girl's struggle to find meaning in life offers a profoundly moving experience, anchored by Linda Bassett's remarkable portrayal of the title character.
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Spoonface Steinberg is a play by British playwright Lee Hall, first broadcast as a dramatic monologue on BBC Radio 4 on Monday 27 January 1997. Such was the popular acclaim that the BBC repeated it on Radio 4 the following Saturday afternoon.
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