The Cure is a 1995 comedy-drama film starring Brad Renfro and Joseph Mazzello about two boys searching for the cure of AIDS, from which one of them is suffering. It was produced by Eric Eisner and Mark Burg.
Set in a small town of Stillwater, Minnesota, Erik (Brad Renfro) is an adolescent loner with a vain, egotistical, uncaring, neglectful, stubborn, self-centered, and selfish mother, Gail (Diana Scarwid) who hardly ever spends time with him. De...
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The Cure is a 1995 comedy-drama film starring Brad Renfro and Joseph Mazzello about two boys searching for the cure of AIDS, from which one of them is suffering. It was produced by Eric Eisner and Mark Burg.
Set in a small town of Stillwater, Minnesota, Erik (Brad Renfro) is an adolescent loner with a vain, egotistical, uncaring, neglectful, stubborn, self-centered, and selfish mother, Gail (Diana Scarwid) who hardly ever spends time with him. Dexter (Joseph Mazzello) is his neighbor who lives behind Erik, who contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion. Initially, Erik is put off by Dexter, but the two soon become good friends despite their differences. Erik seeks a family in Dexter and his congenial mother, Linda (Annabella Sciorra), but keeps the friendship a secret from Gail, knowing that she won't approve.
Gail discovers the friendship one night after Linda comes over to ask Erik about something Dexter ate in the boys' quest to find a natural cure for his disease. She is furious...
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