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Rain Man
UNITED STATES · 1988

Rain Man

Barry Levinson
sibling relationships autism and neurodiversity greed and redemption cross-country journey family estrangement
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Synopsis

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.

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Rahmani said that he was greatly influenced by 'Rain Man' directed by Barry Levinson.
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