Eden

Mar 27, 1998

1h 46m

★ 4.1

Let your spirits soar.

Overview

Story of a New England boys' school and of one of the students who is infatuated with an instructor's wife who has Multiple Sclerosis. The woman struggles to show her strict husband how love rather than demands helps the student to blossom, but finally she falls into a coma. While she is able to have some 'looking down' awareness of what is happening, her coma is what brings her husband to an understanding of the needs of others.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Front Street Pictures

BMG Independents

Edenstreet Productions

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Cast

Helen Kunen

Joanna Going

Bill Kunen

Dylan Walsh

Dave Edgerton

Sean Patrick Flanery

Rick

Sean Christensen

Sonny

Edward O'Blenis

Dr. Bryson

John Aylward

Milly

Anne Christianson

Ruth

Marjorie Nelson

Mr. Bainbridge

R. Hamilton Wright

Johnny

Stephen Lennstrom

Amy

Annie Michelle Price

Lee

John Billingsley

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