Stage Four: A Love Story (2014)

Stage Four: A Love Story is a moving documentary about life partners, Mary Jo and George. After weathering the ups and downs of a full but difficult marriage, they are approaching retirement and hope to enter the gentle twilight of their lives. Fate has other plans, though, as Mary Jo unexpectedly receives a diagnosis of stage IV breast cancer. Exploring universal themes of imperfect love, acceptance and reconciliation, the film is about the resiliency of the human spirit as the characters find that a cancer diagnosis isn't a death sentence but a call to live life to the fullest.