About the Movie
Inspired by true events. The emotional story of overweight high school student Morgan Cruz and her mother Kim who both harbor dark secrets that lead to devasting circumstances. When Kim leaves her cheating husband, she becomes so focused on “clean eating” that she doesn’t notice Morgan has stopped eating altogether. While Morgan receives positive validation for her changing body, privately she begins to experience the terrible side effects of her disorder. Morgan’s cries for help seem to fall on deaf ears until she’s hospitalized for life-threatening malnutrition, leading Kim to finally realize how her own disordered eating was a terrible influence on Morgan, pushing her to the brink of death. Starring Raffa Virago, and Nicola Correia-Damude (2024).