Pullahiiri

Abstract

Pullahiiri (1989, FI) from Lauri Törhönen

Main Cast: Sari Puumalainen Company: Yleisradio AB

This film is about a teenage girl. On a party a boy says something about her weight. As a consequence she starts to vomit after eating.

Discussion: The main character is a young teenage girl whom the audience will feel sorry for. That could perhaps distort the perception of the addiction.

Scene: eating female adolescent or children bulimic eating Transgressive solitary health problem

0:28:06-0:29:15

Shortly before that scene the girl is doing some sport exercises. Then she gets hungry and finds a cream-cake in the fridge. She eats it completely, although she feels sick. She vomits afterwards.

The audience will pity the young girl.

Clip: 1 (Addictions 3)