Axel and the True Story of an Imaginary Illness
2020, French. Directed by Dorothée Lorang & David Beautru.
Little Axel’s parents filmed the story of their son’s illness. After four years moving through hospitals, he was diagnosed with Lyme disease. Axel’s life unfolds between an invisible epidemic and the imaginary pathology which is the disease. From other specialists and patients, the boy’s parents learn some information about the diagnosis which is not publicly known, which compels them to continue the double fight: against bacteria and against the medical system.
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- 0h 52m
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- Language
- French
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- Released
- 7 July 2020
- Original title
- Axel au pays des malades imaginaires
- Country
- France
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Axel and the True Story of an Imaginary Illness runs 52 minutes (0h 52m).
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Axel and the True Story of an Imaginary Illness isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 July 2020. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Axel and the True Story of an Imaginary Illness?
If you liked Axel and the True Story of an Imaginary Illness, try McQueen, The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button, Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me.
Who directed Axel and the True Story of an Imaginary Illness?
Axel and the True Story of an Imaginary Illness (2020) was directed by Dorothée Lorang and David Beautru.