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Cast

Crew

Dorothée Lorang

Dorothée Lorang

Cinematography

Hoël Sainléger

Hoël Sainléger

Editor

Dorothée Lorang

Dorothée Lorang

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Aurélie Angebault

Aurélie Angebault

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David Beautru

David Beautru

Cinematography

David Beautru

David Beautru

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Dorothée Lorang

Dorothée Lorang

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David Beautru

David Beautru

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Axel and the True Story of an Imaginary Illness

20209.0 / 1052 min
Documentary

Overview

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.