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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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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.
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    documentary
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Dani Menkin
  • Producer:
    Dani Menkin
  • Writer:
    Dani Menkin
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  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $28.1K
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Cast & Crew

Dani Menkin
Director
Dani Menkin
Writer
Dani Menkin
Producer
Chris Gubisch
Original Music
Yoav Kleinman
Cinematographer
Geof Bartz
Film Editor
Sam Bauer
Film Editor
Geoffrey O'Brien
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