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Cure (The)
- Director: Peter Horton
- Writer: Robert Kuhn
- Producer: Todd R. Baker; Bill Borden
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A heart break brought to life by two fine young actors.
Sensitively done with a welcome humour - it works well, as a reprieve, from such a gloomy subject.
A brave film - especially for the time it was made.
It is handled with an adept maturity which makes this stand out from the many other films of this tear-jerking ilk.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Dexter, age 11, who has AIDS, and his next door neighbor Erik, a little older and much bigger, become best friends. Erik also becomes closer to Dexter's mother than to his own, who is neglectful and bigoted and violently forbids their friendship upon learning of it. When they read that a doctor in distant New Orleans claims to have found a cure for AIDS, the boys leave home on their own, planning to float down the Mississippi river and find him.
Cast & Characters
Brad Renfro as Erik;
Aeryk Egan as Tyler;
Delphine French as Tyler's Girlfriend;
Mona Powell as Tyler's Girlfriend;
Andrew Broder as Tyler's Buddy;
Jeremy Howard as Tyler's Buddy #2;
Joseph Mazzello as Dexter;
Annabella Sciorra as Linda;
Diana Scarwid as Gail;
Rosemary Corman as Elderly Woman in Street;
Mychael T. Rambo as Garbageman #1;
David Alan Smith as Garbageman #2;
Delia Jurek as Angry Woman;
Fran Korba as Elderly Women in Market;
John Carroll Lynch as Skipper #1