B/N | 90 In one side, a 5-year-old girl with a rare and incurable type of epilepsy. In the other, a substance derivated from cannabis sativa which ends the child's seizures. Between them, a law that prevents the treatment. ILLEGAL shows a mother's fight to ensure her daughters right to health. Her struggle originated a national movement towards the legalization of medicinal marijuana in Brazil. Country: Brasil Direction: Araujo; Tarso, Erichsen; Raphael Script: Araujo; Tarso, Erichsen; Raphael Production: Araujo; Tarso, Laus; Clarice Photography: Braga Music: Modular Safari Participation year at FICM: 2014
B/N | 90 In one side, a 5-year-old girl with a rare and incurable type of epilepsy. In the other, a substance derivated from cannabis sativa which ends the child's seizures. Between them, a law that prevents the treatment. ILLEGAL shows a mother's fight to ensure her daughters right to health. Her struggle originated a national movement towards the legalization of medicinal marijuana in Brazil. Country: Brasil Direction: Araujo; Tarso, Erichsen; Raphael Script: Araujo; Tarso, Erichsen; Raphael Production: Araujo; Tarso, Laus; Clarice Photography: Braga Music: Modular Safari Participation year at FICM: 2014
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