Lorenzos Öl
(1992)
Regisseur:
George MillerSchauspieler:
Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov, Kathleen Wilhoite, Gerry Bamman, Margo Martindale, James Rebhorn, Ann Hearn, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Becky Ann Baker, Mary Pat Gleason, Ann Dowd, Paul Lazar, Laura Linney, Michael O'Neill, Richard CorderyFamiliendrama nach der wahren Geschichte der Familie Odone, deren Sohn Lorenzo an einer seltenen Erbkrankheit erkrankte und von den Ärzten aufgegeben wurde. Sein Vater konnte ihm jedoch durch Eigenrecherchen zu einem speziellen Ölkonzentrat das Leben retten.
Lorenzo Odone was a normal child until the age of 7. After then, strange things began to happen to him: he would have blackouts, memory lapses, and other strange mental phemonenons. He is eventually diagnosed as suffering from ALD: an extremely rare incurable degenerative brain disorder. Frustrated at the failings of doctors and medicine in this area, the Odones begin to educate themselves
Lorenzo Odone was a normal child until the age of 7. After then, strange things began to happen to him: he would have blackouts, memory lapses, and other strange mental phemonenons. He is eventually diagnosed as suffering from ALD: an extremely rare incurable degenerative brain disorder. Frustrated at the failings of doctors and medicine in this area, the Odones begin to educate themselves
