*A Film based on the short story by Canadian novelist, Yann Martel.
*Starring Michael Riley, who won a Gemini for this role, as the Author and Michael Mahonen, as Paul.
*Paul and 'Author' are good friends who met while attending Trent University. The winter of Paul's first year, he comes down with a cold and a dry hacking cough that doesn't seem to want to go away.
*8 months later, at the age of 19, he is dead.
*When Paul was 15 years old, he and his family had been on a holiday in Jamaica.
*They had a traffic accident and Paul had been gashed in his left thigh. He received a transfusion at the local hospital, as he had lost a large quantity of blood.
*Paul and 'Author' devise a game to while away the hours while Paul lay in his sick bed.
*This is what the storyline is about.
*The actual story is one of love, friendship and compassion. Not merely an 'AIDs drama'.
*The screenplay follows the novel down to the smallest detail. It is my favorite Michael Mahonen role.
*The novel is also excellent and unfortunately out of print. However I have a link onsite to alibris.com, which is a good 'oop' book source.
*Happy hunting!
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