The Waterdance is a 1992 semi-autobiographical movie about a young writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

 who becomes paralyzed in a hiking accident and works to rehabilitate his body and mind at a rehabilitation center

Physical medicine and rehabilitation

Physical medicine and rehabilitation , physiatry or rehabilitation medicine, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality of life to those with physical impairments or disabilities. A physician having completed training in this field is referred to as a...

. It stars Eric Stoltz

Eric Stoltz

Eric Hamilton Stoltz is an American actor, director and producer. He is widely known for playing the role of Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film Mask, which earned him the nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture...

, Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes

Wesley Trent Snipes is an American actor, film producer, and martial artist, who has starred in numerous action films, thrillers, and dramatic feature films. Snipes is known for playing the Marvel Comics character Blade in the Blade film trilogy, among various other high profile roles...

, William Forsythe

William Forsythe (actor)

William Forsythe is an American actor, known for playing "tough guy" roles. He is also a writer, and has several short stories that are set to be published.-Early life:...

 and Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt

Helen Elizabeth Hunt is an American actress, film director, and screenwriter. She starred in the sitcom Mad About You for seven years, before being cast in the romantic comedy As Good as It Gets...

 as a married woman with whom he is having an affair at the time of the accident. It was written and directed by Neal Jimenez

Neal Jimenez

Neal Jimenez is a screenwriter and film director. He is best known for the writing of his macabre 1980's film River's Edge. He was a member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994...

. The lovers attempt to carry on their affair during his emotional and painful rehabilitation as a paraplegic. As implied by the title, waterdance

Waterdance

Waterdance is a type of therapy which takes place in water. While wearing nose clips, a person is taken under water and guided, pulled, swayed, and "flown" while being regularly brought to the surface for breath. It is akin to watsu. It is featured in the movie The Waterdance....

therapy is shown.