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Life According to Sam is a film of genre Drama directed by Sean Fine released in USA on 21 october 2013

Life According to Sam (2013)

Life According to Sam
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Released in USA 21 october 2013
Length 1h30
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Documentary
Rating80% 4.0255154.0255154.0255154.0255154.025515

Life According to Sam is a 2013 documentary film based on the life of Sam Berns, who suffered from progeria. Berns died on 10 January 2014.

The documentary was produced by HBO, screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013, and directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine. It won a 2013 Peabody Award. It won an Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking.
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