Live well (2002)
A tale about anorexia.
Top billed cast
- Mette HejlesenLiv
- Jørgen Hoffman JørgensenDad
- Anja StepnievskaMum
- Frank KaarsgarenSebastian
- Pernille TaagaardNurse
Niels EllegaardDoctor- Thorkild SteenbergTeacher
Mads KoudalMark- Maria HvassFriend
- Ida ChristensenFriend
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