The Best Little Girl in the World (1981)
A drama of anorexia nervosa. A movie that just might save your child's life.
ジャンル : テレビ映画, ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 40分
演出 : Sam O'Steen
シノプシス
Casey Powell is a teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nervosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self-inducing vomiting, because of her inability to cope with family stress and because of social pressures.
拒食症を抱える20歳のエレンは、型破りな医師が運営するグループホームに入所する。心の痛みと向き合い、時には笑いながら、自分を見つめる新生活が始まった。
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