The Good House

2022, 1080hd

Sigourney Weaver film clip (see below)

Handle With Care

1985

Johnny's comments:

Handle With Care is basically a docu-drama where we follow the stories of two women, Kate (Anna Maria Monticelli) and Margaret (Monica Maughan) who develop breast cancer and go through two different treatments. Kate goes through a mastectomy while Margaret takes a more radical approach as she wants to keep her breasts.

It feels a bit dated, particular Margaret's section but it seems to have been made as a guide for women as to what happens, so that means there aren't the usual flourishes from director Paul Cox, but he does jam pack the movie with a number of his regulars. It also is a bridge between his previous movie and his next movie as Anna Maria was in My First Wife and Monica is in Cactus.

There's a little bit of nudity from both leads, mostly related to checking/treatment and all very mild. I keep finding movies where Anna Maria has nudity, now up to five movies including Smash Palace, The Dark Room, The Edge of Power and the Pierce Brosnan movie Nomads.

Monica Maughan and Anna Maria Monticelli film clips (see below)

Maughan

Monticelli