Disfigured

This film starts out as if it may be a farce about a thin woman wandering into a fat acceptance group because she 'identifies' with the people in the group then is chased out and pummeled about the head and neck by anything that isn't nailed down. Not so. The films focus starts on Lydia an overweight woman who is struggling to connect with other people dispite how she's been treated. Lydia thinking it would help everyone be more social and focus less on emotionally unloading, decided to start a fat acceptance walking group on the beach. The other members of the group take offense to this and all but kick her out of the group. Darcy is a thin woman who comes into the group the day Lydia poses this suggestion and thinks it's pretty cool and shows up at the beach to support Lydia. She offers to advertise the group for her to get more people involved and it works, and people from all over the community show up to walk and socialize. Lydia ends up meeting a man in the group, who is also overweight and she becomes physically involved with him. Cut buddies as the kids call it these days. Her buddy announces one afternoon after the festivities that he is planning on weight reduction surgery. Lydia thinks it's lame and tells her buddy so. This sends her into an emotional downward sprial which lands her on Darcy's door step. What we discover about Darcy is that she isn't just thin, she's anorexic. In her desperate state Lydia asks Darcy for 'anorexia lessons' and Darcy reluctantly obliges her helping her clear out all the fattening foods from her cupboards and fridge and making a pact that if she feels herself wanting to emotionally eat, that she will call Darcy for support. This movie explores those darker areas within that we don't want to admit exist, and our desperate need for acceptance and the lengths we will go to get it. Hard Core.