Awakenings (1990)
Ruth Nelson: Mrs. Lowe
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Mrs. Lowe : When my son was born healthy, I never asked why. Why was I so lucky? What did I do to deserve this perfect child, this perfect life? But when he got sick, you can bet I asked why! I demanded to know why! Why was this happening?
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Mrs. Lowe : Oh, hello boys.
Leonard's Friend #1 : Hi, Mrs. Lowe. Can I come up to play today?
Mrs. Lowe : Uh, no. I am sorry. Better not today.
Leonard's Friend #1 : Oh, how about tomorrow?
Mrs. Lowe : Well, I am afraid, he won't be well by then either.
Leonard's Friend #1 : Will he be well?
Mrs. Lowe : I don't know.
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Mrs. Lowe : [29:42] Later that year I took him to Bainbridge. It was November 14, 1939. He was 20 years old.
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Mrs. Lowe : What wiIl this medicine do for him?
Dr. Sayer : I don't know what it wilI do for him, if anything at alI.
Mrs. Lowe : What do you think it'II do?
Dr. Sayer : I'm not sure, because it was designed for a totaIly different disorder.
Mrs. Lowe : What do you hope it'lI do?
Dr. Sayer : I *hope* it'Il bring him back from wherever he is.
Mrs. Lowe : To what?
Dr. Sayer : To the world.
Mrs. Lowe : What's there here for him after alI these years?
Dr. Sayer : You. You're here.