Nick Cassavetes, United States, 2009

Film series: Infancia, salud y enfermedad (Childhood, health and disease)

My Sister's Keeper

Presented by the Cinema Club of the University of Valencia.

Synopsis:

My Sister's Keeper tells the story of a three-year-old girl who is diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia. Her parents, in the fight to save her, plan the birth of a new daughter in order to overcome the shortcomings of her older sister sick body, according to medical indications. This is a film with political and social consciousness, which strives to outline a responsible discourse about the ethical boundaries of medicine and the moral limits on the use of healthy organisms for healing sick organisms, inviting the viewer to reflect on this dilemma.