I Hugged the Berlin Patient

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I Hugged the Berlin Patient

"Hope can find you."

2013

1h 13m

7.0(1 votes)

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Overview

A spirited cancer survivor goes on a spontaneous search for 'The Berlin Patient' - the first man in the world actually cured of HIV.

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Edgar Tang

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Timothy Ray Brown

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Gero Hütter

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