39 Pounds of Love

Name: 39 Pounds of Love
Genre: Documentary
Released: TODO_MISSING
Rating: 62

2005, Documentary, 1h 10m

34 Reviews 2,500+ Ratings

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39 Pounds of Love is a heart-tugger that often crosses the line between uplifting and sappy. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

Ami, a young man with muscular dystrophy given only six years to live and weighing a mere 39 pounds, perseveres despite being immobile except for one finger. At 34 and now a 3-D animator, he takes a cross-country journey of a lifetime to find the doctor responsible for a grim diagnosis decades earlier.

Genre:

Documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Dani Menkin
Producer:

Dani Menkin
Writer:

Dani Menkin
Release Date (Theaters):

Apr 9, 2005 original
Release Date (Streaming):

Sep 22, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA):

$28.1K
Runtime:

1h 10m