An Anorexic's Tale: The Brief Life of Catherine

A documentary following the tragic story of Catherine Dunbar, a young Scottish woman who died from anorexia nervosa at the age of twenty-two. The film draws on her personal diaries and interviews with her family to piece together her deteriorating relationship with food and her body over several years of illness. It examines the painful struggle faced by both Catherine and those close to her as they attempted to find effective treatment during a period when understanding of the condition was limited.