Film

Dallas Buyers Club 2013

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée

  • Drama, History
  • 117 min
  • R

Dare to live.

Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

DramaHistoryaidshomophobiarodeotexasbiographydallas, texasbased on true storyhivdrugslgbttreatment1980s

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