A Life Without Pain
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|name = A Life Without Pain
|image = A Life Without Pain poster.jpg
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|director = Melody Gilbert
|producer = Melody Gilbert
|music =
|cinematography = Melody Gilbert
|editing = Charlie Gerszewski
|distributor =
|released = {{Film date|2005|03|12|South by Southwest}}
|country = United States
|runtime =
|language = English
|budget =
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A Life Without Pain is a 2005 documentary film by Melody Gilbert about children who can't feel pain.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452639/ A Life Without Pain at IMDB]
Plot synopsis
The film explores the daily lives of three children with Congenital insensitivity to pain, a rare genetic disorder shared by just a hundred people in the world.http://www.alifewithoutpain.com/about.php {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504101718/http://alifewithoutpain.com/about.php |date=2009-05-04 }} retrieved 5/25/09 Three-year-old Gabby from Minnesota, 7-year-old Miriam from Norway and 10-year-old Jamilah from Germany have to be carefully guarded by their parents so they don't suffer serious, life-altering injuries.
Reception
The release of the film garnered widespread interest in the topic, and the character Gabby was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2006.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/oprahshow/oprahshow2_ss_20051108/8|title = Truly Amazing Kids}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0452639|title=A Life Without Pain}}
- [http://www.alifewithoutpain.com/ Official Website]
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Category:Documentary films about children with disabilities
Category:American documentary films
Category:2000s English-language films
Category:English-language documentary films
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