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Lorenzo's Oil
Summary: 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.
Runtime: 2 h 09 min
MPAA: PG-13
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 30,000,000
Domestic: $ 7,286,388
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