How to Build a Life

December. 01,2023

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Asperger's Syndrome

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Louis, a young man with Asperger's, talks candidly with his older brother about the bullying that nearly ended his life, and about finding hope through his new focus on Lego and his dog.

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