Project Detail

Now is Good

Synopsis

A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.
Now Is Good tells the bracing story of Tessa (Fanning), a seventeen year-old girl passionate about life who is suffering from leukaemia. With limited time to live, she takes the challenge of living her adolescence in fast-forward and compiles a catalogue of what she feels every teenager should experience, losing her virginity being one. With the help of best friend Zoey (Scodelario), she sets the list in motion. While her family deals with fear and grief, each in their own way, Tessa explores a whole new world and discovers the feeling of falling in love, which proves to be the most exhilarating experience of them all.

Details

Year
2011
Type of project
Features
Running time
103 mins
Director
Ol Parker
Producer
Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin
Co-Producer
Richard Hewit, Sarah Harvey
Executive Producer
Peter Hampden, Adam Kulick, Christine Langan
Editor
Peter Lambert
Screenwriter
Ol Parker
Director of Photography
Erik Wilson
Production Designer
Amanda McArthur
Composer
Dustin O'Halloran
Principal cast
Dakota Fanning, Paddy Considine, Olivia Williams

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Production Status

Production Company

Blueprint Pictures

43-45 Charlotte Street
London
W1T 1RS
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7580 6915
Fax: +44 (0)20 7580 6934

Sales Company

Warner Bros.

98 Theobald's Rd
London
WC1X 8WB
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7984 5400
Fax: +44 (0)20 7984 5001

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