My body has its own mind

  • Philippe Lasry
  • Documentary
  • 2003
  • 53 min

Karen is a modern and dynamic young woman who suffers from morbid obesity since childhood. Several diet attempts and an extensive therapy have remained failures. Karen has been living with Stephane for seven years and would now like to have children. But she wants lose weight before and therefore undergoes the surgical procedure « by-pass gastric » in a specialized hospital in New York.With a loss of 50 kilos, Karen has now a body that she can control but she must also rediscover herself. How does Karen learn to live with her new body? How does those that are close to her react to this astonishing change?

Production
  • Agat Films
  • Yvon Davis
International seller Doc & Films International