The Media Library of Genesee Valley BOCES

Dramatizes Leo Buscaglia's parable of living and dying, telling the story of Freddie, a leaf that enjoys its life on a strong tree in the park, but becomes fearful when it is time to let go

Frome, a lonely, poverty-stricken, nineteenth-century New England farmer, has long and faithfully cared for his bitter, invalid wife, but when his wife's distant young cousin comes to take over as housekeeper, she and Frome succumb to forbidden passion with tragic results