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AUSTRALIA · 1992

Lorenzo’s Oil

George Miller
parental determination rare disease research medical activism family struggle scientific discovery
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Lorenzo Odone, a Virginia 5-year-old, develops a degenerative nerve disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his parents decide to immerse themselves in research and tackle the problem themselves.

Year1992
CountryAustralia
DirectorGeorge Miller
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