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202687 minPGdocumentary

6.8/ 10(10 ratings)• TMDB

André Is an Idiot

202687 minPGdocumentary

6.8/ 10(10 ratings)• TMDB

André, facing a terminal diagnosis due to neglecting a colonoscopy, explores how to embrace life and death with humor and curiosity.

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André, facing a terminal diagnosis due to neglecting a colonoscopy, explores how to embrace life and death with humor and curiosity.

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Janice Ricciardicast

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André, a brilliant idiot, is dying because he didn’t get a colonoscopy. His sobering diagnosis, complete irreverence, and insatiable curiosity, send him on an unexpected journey learning how to die happily and ridiculously without losing his sense of humor.

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