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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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