the first time i watch this film and i must have be about nine or ten and even at that age and i sob my heart out . to this day and it remain the saddest film i have ever see . the film revolve around eight year old ben madison and a haemophiliac who contract aid from an infected blood transfusion . a ben bravely cop with all that his devastate illness force upon him and his parent be fight two battle . they have to struggle to accept the fact their young son be terminally ill yet remain strong enough to prepare him for his own death but they be also fight the ignorance of how aid be perceive in the eighty . go toward the light have many emotive scene represent notably and ben funeral where his mother recount how her son life may have be short but he have make his mark on the world and when ben father explain to his three young son about what happen to the soul after death and and the final scene where ben die in his parent arm . what make this film unique be that it not all depressing and and by depict happy scene and we feel closer to ben and his family . we share their joy when ben be able to come home for his new brother birth and when the madison newborn son be haemophiliac free . we get a sense of how close the family be by the large role the grandparent play in ben life ( his grandfather poignantly make ben coffin ) and the love ben feel for his family and especially his brother ( one bittersweet moment be when his young brother say he be visit by a ghostly ben in the hour before ben death ) . for a tv film and not only be the script excellent but so be the actor . young joshua harris must have be a talented child actor in his time give his affect performance a ben while linda hamilton and richard thomas be perfect a the parent and depict their grief and strength and love for their son and his plight . i highly recommend this to not only people seek a good gut wrench drama ( a there be nothing more gut wrench than watch this film and know this be a true story that happen to a real little boy and his family ) but also for old child and teenager seek a more meaningful view of aid and it consequence .