Saving Edwards
Saving Edwards

Saving Edwards (2010)

12 (NL) | Czech Republic | Czech | 80 min
Directed by: Dagmar Smrzová
6.9

For the purposes of this film, Edwards is a child; a long-awaited child of a loving couple, a child struck with a terrible and fatal mistake at conception. Edwards had an extra chromosome, one more than the exact number required for the development of a healthy baby. This flaw causes severe developmental disorders that cannot support life. The condition was first described by American medical scientist John Alexander Edwards, hence the name Edwards Syndrome. Considering modern prenatal diagnostics, it is very uncommon for such children to be born. In the majority of cases, the pregnancy is terminated. The parents of this child decided otherwise. The film follows the struggle of the parents to save a child who was buried by many long before being born.

Review
Rate
Watch
Add
Info mistake?
just for fixed width,It is an identification bit and cannot be deleted!!!!!

Release Date

Czech Republic
(Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival)
2010-10
Netherlands
(TV premiere)
2012-04-06

Also Known As (A.K.A.)

Zachrante Edwardse
(Original title)
Saving Edwards
UK
Saving Edwards
USA

Parent Guide

Sex & Nudity
Unrated
Violence & Gore
Unrated
Profanity
Unrated
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Unrated
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Unrated