Heartwrenching drama about a mother's love, based on a true story, starring meryl streep. Meryl streep stars as laura reimuller, whose son robbie begins suffering from epileptic fits. As the fits worsen, new more dangerous drugs are tested on robbie. He becomes disruptive and mentally retarded. Laura decides to seek alternative forms of treatment after the conventional methods employed by his doctors fail to have an impact on his welbeing. Conducting her own research, she discovers a special diet which may cure her son. However, she encounters resistance from members of the medical establishment, who seek to take legal action to stop her removing her child from the hospital.