Axel and the True Story of an Imaginary Illness [Axel au pays des malades imaginaires]

Release Year
2020
Runtime
52m
Genres
Documentary
Directed By
Dorothée Lorang
David Beautru
Axel and the True Story of an Imaginary Illness

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.

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