Dexter, age 11, who has AIDS, and his next door neighbor Eric, a little older and much bigger, become best friends. Eric also becomes closer to Dexter’s mother than to his own, who is neglectful and bigoted and violently forbids their friendship upon learning of it. When they read that a doctor in distant New Orleans claims to have found a cure for AIDS, the boys leave home on their own, planning to float down the Mississippi river and find him.
Release Date: 21 April 1995Runtime: 97 min
Stars:
- Aeryk Egan
- Andrew Broder
- Annabella Sciorra
- Brad Renfro
- David Alan Smith
- Delia Jurek
- Delphine French
- Diana Scarwid
- Fran Korba
- Jeremy Howard
- John Carroll Lynch
- Joseph Mazzello
- Mona Powell
- Rosemary Corman
- T. Mychael Rambo
Director: Peter Horton
