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The Cure is a american film of genre Drama directed by Peter Horton released in USA on 21 april 1995 with Brad Renfro
The Cure (1995)
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Add to a movie listThe Cure is a 1995 comedy-drama film starring Brad Renfro and Joseph Mazzello about two boys searching for the cure of AIDS, from which one of them is suffering. It was produced by Eric Eisner and Mark Burg.
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Set in a small town of Stillwater, Minnesota, Erik (Brad Renfro) is an adolescent loner with an emotionally abusive and neglectful and selfish workaholic mother, Gail (Diana Scarwid) who hardly spends time with him. His father, who treated Erik considerably better than his mother, died a couple years prior. Dexter (Joseph Mazzello), who contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion, is Erik's neighbor. Initially, Erik is put off by Dexter, but the two soon become good friends despite their differences. Erik seeks a family in Dexter and his congenial mother, Linda (Annabella Sciorra), due to his strained relationship with Gail, but keeps the friendship a secret from her, knowing that she won't approve.Actors
Brad Renfro
(Erik)
Joseph Mazzello
(Dexter)
Diana Scarwid
(Gail)
Annabella Sciorra
(Linda)
Bruce Davison
(Dr. Stevens)
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