Top Cast
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Núria Brunsó
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Pau Chapur
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Montse Serra
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Natàlia Gallart
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Carme Mariscot
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Gemma Costal
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Gerard Brunsó
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Dani Valentín
Overview
A fiction feature shot with real patients and their therapists that shows the day-to-day life of a group of anorexia nervosa patients during their hospitalization and the relationship with their therapists.
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Helen
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