VIOLET RELAIS (7) has a Medulloblastoma, a high grade tumour that has developed on her cerebellum. She doesn't realise that it is extremely life threatening and that she will probably die soon. Her mum MONIQUE RELAIS (42) decides that she wants to document the last few months of her only daughters life so she will always have some small part of her with her. Monique knows that the chances of Violet making it to her 8th birthday in 8 months time is very unlikely, but is still discussing plans with Violet for a party. Monique's other son ALEX RELAIS (5) is completely unaware of what is going on around him, all he knows is that there's now a camera around all the time, but he doesn't mind, he likes being the centre of attention. Violet and Alex's dad is no longer with them, he died just two years after Alex's death in 2007 in a tragic car accident on his way home from work one evening. It took several years for Monique to pull her life back together and try and explain to her children why dad wasn't coming home again.
My movie follows the last months in Violet's life, capturing moments of unconditional love between a family that will soon be torn apart for the second time. And they say lightning doesn't strike twice.
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