The Beautiful Truth

The Beautiful Truth (2008)

November 14th, 20081h 31min

Documentary
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Overview

A troubled 15-year-old boy attempting to cope with the recent death of his mother sets out to research Dr. Max Gerson's claims of a diet that can cure cancer as his first assignment for home-schooling in this documentary from filmmaker Steve Kroschel (Avalanche, Dying to Have Known).


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