The Professor and the Madman
History • 2019 • 2 hr 4 min
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Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Eddie Marsan, Natalie Dormer, Ioan Gruffudd
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A world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak and a touch of madness.
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