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Sólskinsdrengurinn (2009)

Name: Sólskinsdrengurinn
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-01-02T17:03:58+01:00
Rating: 2.75
Cast: Margret Dagmar Ericsdottir, Simon Baron-Cohen, Kate Winslet

Documentary | 103 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 103 minuten

Alternative titles: A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism / The Sunshine Boy

Country: Iceland

Directed by: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson

Stars: Margret Dagmar Ericsdottir, Simon Baron-Cohen, Kate Winslet

IMDb score: 7,3 (276)

Releasedate: 1 January 2009

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Sólskinsdrengurinn plot

Margret Dagmar Ericsdottir, the mother of an autistic child, is determined not to accept the pessimistic prognosis for her son. She embarks on a desperate quest to better understand her son's complex illness. Margret became frustrated with the lack of treatment options in Iceland, and through various countries she eventually ends up in the United States. With filmmaker Friðriksson in her wake, to document her search for alternatives for her eleven-year-old son Keli. Kate Winslet provides the commentary, and with music by Sigur Rós and Björk.