The film starts in the small town of Endora, Iowa. Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) is busy caring for his mentally challenged brother, Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio), as they wait for the many tourists’ trailers to pass through town during their yearly camp ritual at a nearby recreational area. His mother, Bonnie (Darlene Cates) is morbidly obese […]
Eating Disorders and Cinema Therapy
Eating disorders are conditions defined by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual’s physical and mental health. Bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa and binge eating disorder are the most common forms of eating disorders. Other types of eating disorders fall under the category of an […]