Voglia di vivere (film)

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Voglia di vivere
Written byCathérine Grellet
Donald Martin
Directed by Lodovico Gasparini
Starring Tomas Milian
Theme music composer Stelvio Cipriani
Original languageItalian
Production
Cinematography Romano Albani
Original release
Release1990 (1990)

Voglia di vivere (Desire for life) is a 1990 Italian drama television film directed by Lodovico Gasparini. It is based on real life events of Augusto and Michaela Odone and their son Lorenzo Odone. [1] [2] The same events inspired the 1992 film Lorenzo's Oil . [2] It was shot between Capri and San Francisco. [3]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Augusto Odone (2011). L'olio di Lorenzo. Una storia d'amore. Mondadori, 2011. ISBN   978-8804611080.
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