SNquietMovies About Anorexia – Eating disorder is a disturbance in a person’s eating habits caused by stress, depression, or dissatisfaction with the condition of their body. Those who suffer from eating disorders generally reduce the amount they eat to the extreme, some even vomit their food back to stay thin.
Talking about eating disorders, there are several films that raise this theme which will increase your awareness about eating disorders and their negative impact on life. What are you curious about? Come on, take a look!
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Movies About Anorexia
1. Thin (2006)
Thin is an HBO documentary that follows the lives of 4 girls who suffer from anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and other eating disorders. The four girls; Polly, Shelly, Brittany, and Alisa generally suffer from eating disorders which are caused by depression and pressure from people around them who criticize their body appearance.
The plot of this documentary also didn’t go smoothly, because in the end most of them still couldn’t recover from their eating disorder and one of them even died.
2. My Skinny Sister (2015)
My Skinny Sister is a Swedish drama film with the original title Min Lilla Syster. This film, which won the Crystal Bear at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival, tells the story of Katja (Amy Deasismont) and Stella (Rebecka Josephson), a pair of sisters.
When Stella started to grow up, she realized that her older sister, who had been her role model in life, was actually hiding the fact that she was suffering from an eating disorder. Katja’s disturbance then slowly divides her family.
3. Little Miss Perfect (2016)
Belle (Karlee Robert) is a smart and ambitious teenager who has just entered high school. However, in the midst of his school life, he was hit by family problems and social pressure. As a result, Belle tries to deal with her stress and finds a blog that ‘promotes’ anorexia and other eating disorders.
Influenced by this blog, Belle ended up suffering from an eating disorder and experienced drastic weight loss which changed her life completely.
4. To the Bone (2017)
Ellen (Lily Collins) is a 20 year old young woman who is struggling to recover from anorexia and despairs at her failure. Susan (Carrie Preston), Ellen’s stepmother, then told her to see a specialist, namely Dr. William Beckham (Keanu Reeves). Ellen initially felt reluctant to do it, but finally changed her mind after being told by her sister.
5. Feeds (2017)
Olivia (Troian Bellisario) and Matt (Tom Felton) are a pair of inseparable twins. However, when Matt died in an accident, Olivia’s life began to fall apart. He also often hallucinates that Matt is still alive and accompanies him everywhere.
In her hallucinations, “Matt” will determine what Olivia should do, think and eat. Olivia even thought that she should save some food so that “Matt” could eat and stay “alive”.
