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    Sólskinsdrengurinn

    Movie

    Poster of the movie Sólskinsdrengurinn
    2010     Documentary    
    1h 43min
    Original titleA Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism
    Original lang.English, Icelandic
    CountryIceland

    Narrated by Kate Winslet, this inspiring film follows one woman's quest to unlock her autistic son's mind. Margret, whose ten-year-old son Keli is severely autistic, has tried a number of treatments to help her son. Consumed by an unquenchable thirst for knowledge about this mysterious and complex condition, she travels from her home in Iceland to the United States and Europe, meeting with top autism experts and advocates. She also connects with several other families touched by autism, whose struggles echo her own: the endless doctor visits and experiments with different treatments, the complication of doing everyday tasks, and the inability to communicate - perhaps the most painful and frustrating aspect of autism. But as she comes across innovative new therapies with the potential to break down the walls of autism, Margret finds hope that her son may be able to express himself on a level she never thought possible.

    Directed byFriðrik Þór Friðriksson

    Featuring

    Kate Winslet
    Margrét Dagmar Ericsdóttir
    David G. Amaral
    Simon Baron-Cohen
    David Crowe
    Taylor Crowe
    Geraldine Dawson
    Temple Grandin
    Lisa Helt
    Portia Iversen
    Linda Lange
    Catherine Lord
    Joseph E. Morrow
    Soma Mukhopadhyay
    Tito Mukhopadhyay
    Sally Rogers
    Jon Shestack
    Candace Smith
    Vernon L. Smith
    Thorkil Sonne
    Brenda Terzich

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