Starving in Suburbia

A 17-year-old dancer joins a "thinspiration" website and devotes herself to the almost religious glorification of "thin", until she becomes completely possessed by the dark world of anorexia.

Cast

Laura Slade Wiggins

as Hannah

Emma Dumont

as Kayden

Callie Thorne

as Joey

Izabella Miko

as Teagan

Brendan Meyer

as Leo

Marcus Giamatti

as Michael

Sharon Lawrence

as Dr. Klein

Paula Newsome

as Ms. Christie

Olivia Jordan

as Thin Chic Woman

Alexandra Begg

as Dancer

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