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.
The film was directed by Betsan Morris Evans.
The screenplay was written by Lee Hall.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0152567.
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