Lorenzo's Oil

Lorenzo's Oil

Some people make their own miracles.

1992135 min7.1 / 10

A deeply moving true story of parental devotion and determination, where ordinary people confront an incurable disease through love, research, and refusal to accept defeat.

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.

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