Sad story.
I remember seeing this movie on tv when I was about 14 or 15, some years after it was made. I was horrified at the decision of this woman to die rather than have her leg amputated. The whole movie was very disturbing and sad to me. I still cannot comprehend her thinking. I did not remember the connection with the John Denver song, which is otherwise beautiful. Anyway, naturally, knowing now that the story is based on a true experience, I can understand a bit more what it was about, but still, it just seems like such a sad waste of a life.
share