Thin (2006)

Directed by

Lauren Greenfield

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary filmed inside a residential treatment center for women with eating disorders. It follows four patients as they struggle with their conditions and attempt to recover.

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What happens

Thin (often styled as THIN) is a 2006 cinéma vérité documentary film directed by Lauren Greenfield and distributed by HBO. It was filmed at The Renfrew Center of Florida in Coconut Creek, a 40-bed residential facility for the treatment of women with eating disorders. The center has been described as "one of the nation's best-known inpatient eating disorders centres". The film follows four women with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and other eating disorders in their struggle for recovery. The film premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival in 2005, before premiering to the general public on November 14, 2006 on HBO. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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