# Wit (2001)

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**Runtime**: 99 min
**Genres**: Drama, TV Movie
**Directed by**: Mike Nichols
**Written by**: Emma Thompson, Mike Nichols, Margaret Edson
**Starring**: Emma Thompson, Audra McDonald, Jonathan M. Woodward, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Benedict Wong

> *It appears to be a matter of life and death.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Atenna meets A Death in the Family as a Harvard literature lion confronts death sentence calculus. Five rounds of chemo later her razor mind sharpens the last question. The solo show stays behind the lectern.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, cerebral, gut-punch, tender

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