Lo specchio di Lorenzo

5.7

This Boy Suffers from Crystallization

December 2014 •Japanese

Ayumu, struggling with a rare condition that turns him to stone, creates a new persona for himself, but his feelings grow for his teacher, Kouya, who sees beauty in his transformation.

6.3

The Boy Who Could Fly

August 1986 •English

Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor. Eric has a fascination with flight, and as the story progresses, he exerts an enthralling force of change on all those around him.

6.9

Skyward

November 1980 •English

Billie Dupree is a flight instructor at an old Texas airport. When a young girl in a wheelchair finds the airport by watching gliders fly, she decides she wants to learn how to fly. Dupree teaches her to fly with some special controls compensating for her handicap. Koup Trenton runs an aircraft repair service and is trying desperately to get an old airplane back in the air. The three, together, put the young girl and the old plane up in the air.

7.7

Blush: An Extraordinary Voyage

October 2022 •Finnish

For 18-year-old Finnish–Kosovan Fatu, a simple visit to the grocery store feels as nerve-racking as a lunar expedition: for the first time in his life, he’s wearing makeup in public. Luckily his best friend Rai, a young woman on the spectrum of autism, is there to ferociously support him through the voyage.

8.0

Aunt Mary

December 1979 •English

The true-life drama about a handicapped Baltimore woman living on welfare who organized a sandlot baseball team and ended up coaching more than 50,000 boys and girls over nearly 40 years.

0.0

Wheels

June 2024 •English

Dia used to be a dancer, a musician, a talented woman with friends and a lover. The inability to use her legs has now confined her to a wheelchair.

8.0

A Spot for Frog

June 2022 •English

Locked out of the school art room, a creative non-binary teen named Frog grapples with anxiety as they seek a new place to eat lunch. Imagination blurs with reality in this hybrid work of live action and animation about finding a place to belong.

6.6

Swati Muthyam

March 1986 •Telugu

After an autistic man impulsively marries a young widow, she must move to the city and ensure the welfare of her new family, against the glare of societal judgement and financial struggle.

0.0

Gregorio

Invalid date •Spanish

Gregorio cannot fend for himself, so he is under the care of his family. With no one understanding his true needs, his only option will be to escape into the world of mexican golden era cinema, where he will not only find comfort, but possibly also love.

0.0

Rabbits Under the Shed

May 2021 •English

After a disagreement with her mom, 8-year-old Natalie runs away — all the way to her backyard, where she meets a family of rabbits and decides to move in with them. Songs are sung and friends are made in this sweet, funny short film about building trust, overcoming fear, and connecting across difference to make room for everyone.

0.0

Un Ailleurs

October 2024 •French

Antoine is a 9-year-old autistic child. His perception of the world is both strange and wonderful. Her sister Emilie, in her teenage years, is seeking, not without difficulty, a balance between her family life and her life as a young girl. She is also intimidated by her brother's difference, which she does not know how to approach. Following a family conflict, Antoine and Emilie prefer to leave the family home. During this escapade, they will experience unusual situations, which will lead them to observe each other, to listen to each other and finally to succeed in finding a ground on which to exchange and see the richness of each other.

0.0

A Greater Chance

September 2024 •Chinese

Upon learning of his father's terminal illness diagnosis, a young, autistic, hearing-impaired artist travels back to Taiwan with a filmmaker to make a film in his honour.

0.0

Unmasking

May 2025 •English

After years of going through special needs school, Adrian faces his greatest challenge yet: masking his autism in high school

7.4

Marathon

January 2005 •Korean

Cho-won is an autistic but happy young man who loves to draw zebras and run. His mother wants him to feel normal by accomplishing a feat that no one thought his son could achieve. With the help of a coach in exile, she trains him to become a marathon runner.

6.2

Midori

May 1992 •Japanese

After losing her parents, young flower selling Midori is put up by a fairground group. She is abused and forced to slavery, until the arrival of an enigmatic magician of short stature, who gives her hope for a better future.

0.0

Fish Out Of Water

November 2019 •English

Anxious about a new school and his relationship to his brother, a boy with Cerebral Palsy meets an alien who helps him cope with his fears.

7.0

Blu

April 2019 •Italian

A wind strike, a splash of water and an accomplice look. Will they be enough to change the life of a child?

0.0

Spectrum: A Story of the Mind

June 2015 •English

A documentary about autism and sensory perception that features live-action and animated segments.

8.3

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

December 2020 •Japanese

With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.

5.0

I Want to Win 5th Prize

October 1995 •Japanese

This is a story of a girl born with a bad leg. Ritsuko longs to go to school and make lots of friends, but this proves as not so easy. Her mother is very protective of her, and she is teased by her classmates, because of her disability. Will she manage to keep her smile?

Lo specchio di Lorenzo

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Cast

Tania De Domenico

Emanuela Pacotto

Jolanda Granato

Valentina Pallavicino

Luca Sandri

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