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'Laces'tellsthestoryofacomplicatedrelationshipbetweenanagingfatherandhisspecial-needsson,whomheabandonedwhilehewasstillayoungboy.Reuben's(60)kidney'sarefailingandhissonGadi(35),wantstodonateoneofhisownkidney'stohelpsavehisfather'slife.However,thetransplantcommitteeobjectstotheprocedureclaimingthatRueben,actingasGadi'ssolelegalguardian,doesnothavetherighttoauthorizesuchaninvasiveprocedure.Gadi,whorecentlylosthismother,isafraidoflosinghisfatheraswell.Hefeelshefinallyhasthechancetodosomethingmeaningful;tobecomeamanandstandonhisown.He'sfuriouswiththecommittee'sdecisionandsetsouttofightforhisrighttosavehisfather'slife.Throughthefilm'sportrayalofarelationshipfulloflove,rejectionandco-dependency,itmanagestoshedsomelightandquestiontheimportanceofhumanlife,humanconnectionandiflifeisevenpossiblewithoutiteitheroneofthem.