A Life Worth Living

Charlie Russo, the premiere photojournalist of the 1970s, is at the end of the road. Years of witnessing human tragedy along with the alcohol and drugs he used to cope with his profession, lead to a massive breakdown. After eight years of hell, he asks an old friend, an editor, to help him out of the pit he had fallen into. He is assigned to photograph a former film star who left Hollywood at the height of her career, and was living in rural Nebraska. Charlie and his subject, Kate...
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Charlie Russo, the premiere photojournalist of the 1970s, is at the end of the road. Years of witnessing human tragedy along with the alcohol and drugs he used to cope with his profession, lead to a massive breakdown. After eight years of hell, he asks an old friend, an editor, to help him out of the pit he had fallen into. He is assigned to photograph a former film star who left Hollywood at the height of her career, and was living in rural Nebraska. Charlie and his subject, Kate Lindstrom, develop a special relationship. Kate's renewed zeal for life helps Charlie along his road to recovery.