Hunger Point

A woman struggles with her self-image in a house run by a weight-obsessed mother, alongside a younger sister whose eating disorder has tragic coincidences.

Cast

Barbara Hershey

as Marsha Hunter

Christina Hendricks

as Frannie Hunter

Susan May Pratt

as Shelly Hunter

John Getz

as David Hunter

Jodi Pape

as Chubby

Stephanie Mills

as Abby

Alec McClure

as Charlie

Jack Mather

as Grandpa Max

Gordon Jocelyn

as Rudy

Jim Fowler

as Dr. Bryan Thompson

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