Les petits miracles (2017)
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 0M
Director : Loïc Guyot
Sinopse
The story of families whose kids are hospitalized at Sainte-Justine hospital. The film plunges us into the daily living of these parents ready for everything in order to help their kids recover health.
Um vírus zumbi está dizimando a população. Por isso, um grupo de cientistas e militares corre contra o tempo para tentar encontrar a cura. Eles se instalam num bunker para ficarem protegidos e fazerem experimentos. Mas a situação foge do controle e agora lutam para sobreviver.
Andy (Charlie Tahan), um garoto muito doente, vive sob rígida supervisão de seus pais Katherine (Samantha Morton) e Richard (Michael Shannon), sem poder sair de casa nem receber visitas. As coisas começam a mudar quando a jovem Maryann (Natasha Calis) se muda para a vizinhança e se torna amiga dele em segredo. Em uma das tentativas de se esconder da mãe de Andy, Maryann descobre no porão um segredo terrível que pode mudar a vida de toda a família.
Um apagão atinge o sul da Califórnia provocando pânico na população. Entre as vítimas afetadas pela falta de energia elétrica está um casal desesperado que passa a roubar para garantir o remédio de seu bebê doente.
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
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