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Running on Empty Dreams
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Running on Empty Dreams

May 12, 2009
2h 0m
★ 3.2

Overview

Young and athletic Sydney Harris finds out that she has six months to live unless she and her husband can come up with the money for her medical treatment. Sounds simple enough; get the money, save her life. But her underpaid, working class husband can't afford the treatment. And time is ticking away. As Sydney begins to seek out a means to save her life, she begins to question her existence and does some soul searching, only to find herself falling in love with a single mom in the neighborhood that Sydney and her family have just moved into. Sydney is then forced to choose between her religious upbringing, her husband and son, and a love that she hides, all while fighting a losing battle to save her own life.

Genres

Drama
Romance

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Cast

Kathleen Benner

Sydney Harris

Kathleen Benner

Rachel Owens

Jane Smith

Rachel Owens

Jose Rosete

Corey Harris

Jose Rosete

Wil Rillero

Matt Harris

Wil Rillero

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