Life According to Sam

6.8

Genre: Documentary
Run time: 90 min
Premiere: 2013. January 21.

Director: Andrea Nix Sean Fine
Starring: Sam Berns Leslie Gordon Scott Berns Francis Collins

Progeria is a rare, fatal genetic condition that causes accelerated aging in children; its young victims rarely live past 13. This moving documentary explores the remarkable world of Sam Berns and the relentless pursuit of a treatment and cure by his parents (both doctors) to save their son from the disease.