Name of film where boy is ?

Question

dying of leukemia i think and his father takes him to the fairground just before he dies

Answer 1

i do believe the film you are looking for is called "the christmas tree" also called "when wolves cry" featuring william holden. heres a plot summery

Since the death of his mother, Pascal, ten years old, spends his holidays with his father, the rich Laurent Segur. One day, when diving near the shores of Corse, an aircraft falls into the sea. The holiday goes on happily with Catherine, the young and pretty girlfriend of Laurent. But soon blue marks appear on the face of Pascal. He has been contaminated by a nuclear weapon carried by the destroyed plane, and he won't survive more than six months. There is nothing Laurent can do, except give his son the best six months he has ever lived.

heres a ebay auction for a vhs copy of the movie:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/When-Wolves-Cry-VH...