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The Thin Girls (Die dünnen Mädchen)
The Thin Girls (Die dünnen Mädchen)
Release Date: 15.01.2009
as a part of the touring film festival 'ueber Macht'
Doc. | Germany 2008, 94 Min.
The thin girls - these are eight young women from 18 to 29, who have been suffering from anorexia for a long time. Anorexia is the deliberate denial of all food, which can ultimately lead to starvation. The women suffer from this disease and try to fight it. Sometimes this fight seems to be a cry for help. Director Maria Teresa Camoglio has visited a clinic for eating disorders. She accompanies the young women in their everyday clinic routine, in group discussions and workshops. The viewer sees that just reading recipes in preparation for a meal may cause difficulties leading to subsequent refusal of food. In individual interviews, she lets the women talk about how they got the disease and why they cannot break away from it so easily. The film tries to convey an insight into the motivations and the emotional states that may result in such a terrible self-destruction.
The Thin Girls (Die dünnen Mädchen) is part of the touring film festival ueber Macht - Kontrolle, Regeln, Selbstbestimmung (thematic focus on control, rules and self-empowerment). For more information (in German) visit www.ueber-macht.de
Credits
- Germany, 2008, color, 94'
- Original Title: Die dünnen Mädchen
- Direction: Maria Teresa Camoglio
- Concept / Script: Michael Bertl, Maria Teresa Camoglio
- Production: Chiaroscuro Filmproduktion
- Executive Producer: Heino Herrenbrück
- Cinematography: Sophie Maintigneux
- Editorial: 3sat/ZDF
- Language: German
- Available in 35mm, DCP (Digital Cinema Package) master for all D/E-Cinema systems, DVD, Beta SP
- Suitable for 12 years and over
- Release date: 15.01.2009
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