Leave of Absence | movie | 1994 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

A man asks his wife for a 'leave of absence' in order to care for his mistress who is dying of cancer. | dG1fdXNsLTQ3VnhKTnc

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00:01He didn't mean for it to happen.

00:03I'm a happily married man.

00:05He knew in his heart that it was wrong.

00:07I'm having an affair.

00:08And he loved his family.

00:10I can't figure out what your father wants or doesn't want because he's not living with us anymore.

00:15But his single indiscretion

00:17This afternoon, I went to see the doctor.

00:19He's having an affair.

00:21tore their lives apart.

00:23With a woman who's dying.

00:25It's about me seeing Eliza last night.

00:27Oh, please, Sam.

00:29Tell me, what do the women do?

00:30Do you think that they beg their husbands not to leave them for someone who's dying?

00:35Sam, I'm sorry. I'm afraid I've made a mistake.

00:38I don't want you to destroy your family.

00:41Or do you think that they let them go and then take them back when the other woman has kicked the bucket?

00:48World International Network and Grosspart Barnett Productions present a film of lost moments.

00:56Well, I know you've given this a lot of thought.

01:00No, Sam, every thought.

01:01ruptured lives

01:03I'm trying to do the best I can. I need you to help me.

01:06Please, will you help me?

01:08Please?

01:09and found courage.

01:12I played by the rules.

01:14We were good.

01:15We communicated.

01:17We fought, we played, we had a child.

01:19I don't have instructions for this because I don't know what to do.

01:23Brian Dennehy.

01:25Jacqueline Bessette.

01:28Blythe Danner.

01:30Leave of Absence.