
Augusto and Michaela Odone are dealt a cruel blow by fate when their five-year-old son Lorenzo is diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease. But the Odones' persistence and faith leads to an unorthodox cure which saves their boy and re-writes medical history.
Cast

Nick Nolte
Augusto Odone

Susan Sarandon
Michaela Odone

Peter Ustinov
Professor Nikolais

Ann Hearn
Loretta Muscatine

Maduka Steady
Omuori

Aaron Jackson
Francesco Odone

Laura Linney
Young Teacher

Kathleen Wilhoite
Deirdre Murphy

Gerry Bamman
Doctor Judalon

Margo Martindale
Wendy Gimble

James Rebhorn
Ellard Muscatine
Colin Ward
Jake Gimble

LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Nurse Ruth

Jennifer Dundas
Nurse Nancy Jo
William Cameron
Pellerman

Becky Ann Baker
Pellerman's Secretary

Mary Pat Gleason
The Librarian
David Shiner
Clown

Ann Dowd
Pediatrician

Peter MacKenzie
Immunosuppression Doctor

Paul Lazar
Professor Duncan
Joyce Reehling
Columnist

Michael O'Neill
School Psychologist

Richard Cordery
Suddaby's Senior Manager

Angus Barnett
Suddaby's Junior Manager

E. G. Daily
Lorenzo Odone (voice)
Zack O'Malley Greenburg
Lorenzo Odone

Sandy Gore
Murphy Family

Nora Dunfee
Murphy Family

Rocco Sisto
Murphy Family

Amelia Campbell
Murphy Family

Keith Reddin
Murphy Family
Anthony DiLeo Jr.
Conference Parent
Lianne Kressin
Smiling Nurse
Nicolas Petrov
World Bank Executive
Crew

George Miller
Director, Writer, Producer

Nick Enright
Writer

Richard Francis-Bruce
Editor
Marcus D'Arcy
Editor
Leilani Hannah
Assistant Editor
Patricia A. Galvin
Assistant Editor
Carol A. Ellison Fleming
Assistant Editor
Rick Lisle
Assistant Editor
Jane Moran
Assistant Editor
Kimberly Walls
Assistant Editor

John Seale
Director of Photography
Steve E. Andrews
First Assistant Director

Philip A. Patterson
Second Assistant Director
Jessica L. Abrams
Assistant Production Coordinator
Ellen M. Hillers
Production Coordinator
Arnold Burk
Executive Producer
Robin Douet
Production Supervisor

Doug Mitchell
Producer
Johnny Friedkin
Associate Producer, Publicist

Daphne Paris
Associate Producer, Script Supervisor
Lynn O'Hare
Associate Producer

Kristi Zea
Production Design
Brian W. Armstrong
Camera Operator
Bobby Mancuso
First Assistant Camera
Brian S. Osmond
Second Assistant Camera
Chuck Brown
Dolly Grip
Linda Matthews
Wardrobe Supervisor
David Davenport
Wardrobe Supervisor

Colleen Atwood
Costume Design
Fabrizio Sforza
Makeup Artist
David Forrest
Makeup Artist
Francine Byrne
Art Department Coordinator
Eileen Garrigan
Scenic Artist
Michael Kuhling
Assistant Art Director

Lee Smith
Sound Designer
Gareth Vanderhope
Sound Editor
Peter Townend
Sound Editor
Tim Jordan
Sound Editor
Roger Savage
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ian McLoughlin
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Ben Osmo
Production Sound Mixer
Steve Burgess
Foley Editor
Jerry Long
Foley Editor
Annabelle Sheehan
ADR Editor
Robert Deschaine
ADR Mixer
Paul Zydel
ADR Mixer

David Jobe
ADR Recordist
Christine Woodruff
Music Supervisor
Katie Clarke
Assistant Accountant
Catherine Barber
Finance
Livia Ruzic
Dialogue Editor
Wayne Pashley
Dialogue Editor
Karen O'Hara
Set Decoration
Ken Turner
Lead Set Dresser
S. Bruce Wineinger
Construction Coordinator
Mikki Ansin
Still Photographer
Rick Maddux
Electrician
Andrew M. Nelson
Best Boy Electric
Neri Kyle Tannenbaum
Location Manager
Fred Sandusky
Location Assistant
Annie Loeffler
Assistant Location Manager
Carol McClenahan
Location Scout

Brad Einhorn
Property Master
Andrew M. Siegel
Assistant Property Master
Dennis M. Kuneff
Best Boy Grip
John Wingrove
Art Direction Intern
Gary Kosko
Draughtsman
Robin Alan Knight
Key Grip
Reg Garside
Gaffer
Chris Brigham
Unit Production Manager
Dennis Bradford
Art Direction
Paula Lourie
First Assistant Editor
Jane Maguire
First Assistant Editor



















