Son of the Sunshine (2009)

Directed by

Ryan Ward

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man with Tourette syndrome gets experimental surgery to cure it. Afterward he finds he also lost his power to heal other people.

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What happens

Son of the Sunshine is a Canadian supernatural drama film. Directed by Ryan Ward and written by Ward and Matthew Heiti, the film stars Ward as Sonny Johnns, a young man with Tourette syndrome who undergoes an experimental surgical procedure to cure the condition, only to discover that he also loses his supernatural ability to heal others. The film premiered at Slamdance Film Festival and other film festivals in 2009, and had a general release in 2011. In 2023 Ward released Daughter of the Sun, a film which has been billed as a continuation of Son of the Sunshine. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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