Lucca's World is coming to Netflix | Watch the trailer now

Back to All News

Lucca's World is coming to Netflix | Watch the trailer nowPlay Video

Play Video

Entertainment

09 January 2025

GlobalMexicoArgentina

Link copied to clipboard

I have to open all the doors that are closed to you

B rbara Mori and Juan Pablo Medina star in the film based on the book coming to Netflix on January 31

Luccas World Trailer

Based on the book by Barbara Anderson, Lucca's World is a Woo Films production, directed by Mariana Chenillo, and starring B rbara Mori and Juan Pablo Medina. A story of hope that will touch your soul.

Barbara pours herself into her son Lucca, who has severe cerebral palsy, so that he can thrive in an often overwhelming world. Despite financial hardship, she travels to India with her family in search of an experimental therapy that can rekindle his brains connections. Luccas World portrays the emotional journey of a mother whose dedication and resilience know no bounds.

"Watching yourself in a movie is very difficult to explain, I cried when I saw us being' again. Listening to B rbara Mori and Juan Pablo Medinas voices, with my timbre or with Andr s, my husbands stock phrases... I saw us being other people and my body froze. As they often say that reality outdoes fiction, this time fiction catapulted our life to another level . - B rbara Anderson

DIRECTED BY: Mariana Chenillo

WRITTEN BY: Javier Pe alosa, Mariana Chenillo

BASED ON THE BOOK: The Two Hemispheres of Lucca , by B rbara Anderson

PRODUCERS: Rafael Ley, M nica Vertiz, Ximena Castro

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Mariana Chenillo, Paulina Albarr n

CAST: B rbara Mori, Juan Pablo Medina, Ari Brickman, Danish Hussain, Juli n Tello, Samuel P rez

SYNOPSIS: Determined to help her son Lucca, who has cerebral palsy, Barbara travels to India with her entire family to pursue an experimental treatment for him. Despite financial difficulties, they pursue an experimental therapy that could reactivate the connections in Luccas brain. Based on the book by journalist Barbara Anderson, this powerful film explores the rights of people with disabilities and a mothers unwavering love.

Check the dictionary to report, write and tell stories about disability here

LINK:	https://about.netflix.com/en/news/luccas-world-is-coming-to-netflix-or...
	See more stories from netflix

Most recent headlines