Sometimes when you reach for a dream you have to leave something behind.

It's a song you'll always remember. It's a movie you'll never forget.


In this film, young singer Lauri Robinson (Didi Conn) struggles to make it in the harsh music business while dealing with her romantic problems. The title song from this movie won an Oscar.

You Light Up My Life is a 1977 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Joseph Brooks.[1] The picture stars Didi Conn, Stephen Nathan and Michael Zaslow, and follows a girl named Laurie (Conn), who wants to be a singer. Soon, she finds herself pressed by young friends to sing and her father, who wants her to be a comic.[1]
The film was widely panned by critics, garnering a 20% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[2] Some cited Didi Conn's sensitive portrayal and the title song as its most worthwhile features