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Axel and the True Story of an Imaginary Illness

Axel and the True Story of an Imaginary Illness

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 7, 2020

Runtime

0h 52m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

90%

Original Title

Axel au pays des malades imaginaires

Director

Dorothée Lorang

Description

Little Axel’s parents filmed the story of their son’s illness. After four years moving through hospitals, he was diagnosed with Lyme disease. Axel’s life unfolds between an invisible epidemic and the imaginary pathology which is the disease. From other specialists and patients, the boy’s parents learn some information about the diagnosis which is not publicly known, which compels them to continue the double fight: against bacteria and against the medical system.