Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Country: US
Technical: col 135m
Director: George Miller
Cast: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov
Synopsis:
A couple whose child suffers from an extremely rare degenerative brain disorder become specialists themselves to fill the gaps in the expertise of the medical community.
Review:
Miller draws on his own medical experience in getting behind this emotive human interest story. Well acted and presented, it ticks all the boxes for an 'impossible odds' tale of the kind the Academy loves to recognize.
Country: US
Technical: col 135m
Director: George Miller
Cast: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov
Synopsis:
A couple whose child suffers from an extremely rare degenerative brain disorder become specialists themselves to fill the gaps in the expertise of the medical community.
Review:
Miller draws on his own medical experience in getting behind this emotive human interest story. Well acted and presented, it ticks all the boxes for an 'impossible odds' tale of the kind the Academy loves to recognize.
Country: US
Technical: col 135m
Director: George Miller
Cast: Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov
Synopsis:
A couple whose child suffers from an extremely rare degenerative brain disorder become specialists themselves to fill the gaps in the expertise of the medical community.
Review:
Miller draws on his own medical experience in getting behind this emotive human interest story. Well acted and presented, it ticks all the boxes for an 'impossible odds' tale of the kind the Academy loves to recognize.