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Emma Wants to Live

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This is a Dutch documentary about the last weeks of life in a Portuguese clinic for Emma Caris, a 18 year old girl who had been suffering anorexia nervosa since she was 16 years old.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2016-11-22

Runtime: 45 mins

Director: Jessica Villerius

Spoken language: Nederlands, English

Genres: Documentary

Original title: Emma Wants to Live

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Production Countries: Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom, United States of America

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