German title: Lorenzos Öl Francaise title: L’huile de Lorenzo Spain title: Lorenzo’s oil: el aceite de la vida Russian title: Масло Лоренцо Original title: Lorenzo’s Oil
Alternative titles: Un milagro para Lorenzo
Tragedy – USA Production year: 1991 Movie length: 129 minutes
Director: George Miller Writer: George Miller, Nick Enright
Movie description:
It’s 1983 when Lorenzo, the young son of of Augusto and Michaela Odone, is diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrohy (ALD), a rare disease which ultimately leads to the death of the patient. There’s no cure and apparently no one is doing any research to find one. Extremely frustrated, the Odones are not willing to sit back and watch their son die: every spare moment they have they’re educating themselves and learn everything there is to know about ALD.