Netflix released the trailer for its film To the Bone starring Lily Collins on Tuesday.
The drama follows Collins as 20-year-old Ellen who – after suffering from anorexia for years – enters a group recovery home in a last ditch effort to survive.
With the help of an unconventional doctor played by Keanu Reeves, Ellen is forced to confront her addictions and discover if her life is worth living.
Movie news: Netflix released the trailer for its film To the Bone starring Lily Collins on Tuesday
The trailer opens with Collins telling her sister how many calories are in each item on her dinner plate, such as a pat of butter being 75.
Collins is seen doing sit ups to burn calories as the trailer cuts to Keanu observing her scars on her back from the extensive workout routines.
‘I’m not going to treat you if you aren’t interested in living,’ Keanu tells the malnourished patient.
A montage of attempts to make Collins eat a normal meal is presented as her voice is heard saying: ‘I got it under control.’
But the lack of nutrition causes Collins to pass out in a hallway, which in turn brings her to the group home where other addicts are trying to recover.
Check up: The trailer shows Keanu observing her scars on her back from the extensive workout routines
Doctors advice: ‘I’m not going to treat you if you aren’t interested in living,’ Keanu tells the malnourished patient
Support: Collins asks an English patient: ‘How do you do it?… eat?’ The bloke quips: ‘I’m not gonna lie… I’m really hungry.’
Collins asks an English patient: ‘How do you do it?… eat?’ The bloke quips: ‘I’m not gonna lie… I’m really hungry.’
A family therapy session brings Lili Taylor in as her mom while her sister says: ‘Its my life too. I don’t get to have a sister.’
Collins has a confrontation with the English fellow as she complains about how people don’t love each other.
Working overtime: Collins is seen doing sit ups to burn calories
Maternal help: A family therapy session brings Lili Taylor in as her mom
Home away from home: The lack of nutrition causes Collins to pass out in a hallway, which in turn brings her to the group home where other addicts are trying to recover
When Collins says she can’t stop being anorexic, Keanu gives the advice that she should tell that voice to go away.
As the therapy group stands in a rain storm, Keanu asks: ‘Why are we here?’ A patient responds: ‘Cause we’re alive.’
The trailer ends in a positive note as Collins begins to realize that recovery is possible and that life is worth living.
Deranged: A guardian bakes a hamburger cake
Sad sibling: Her sister says: ‘Its my life too. I don’t get to have a sister.’
Sound advice: When Collins says she can’t stop being anorexic, Keanu gives the advice that she should tell that voice to go away
In addition to making her feature directorial debut, Marti Noxon wrote the script, basing it on her own struggles with the eating disorder.
Collins too has had a history with eating disorders and felt this project was a perfect vehicle for her to help others.
‘It was like the universe literally throwing it in my face [and] saying, This is something you need to address either for yourself or for other young people going through it out there.’ she told Refinery29.
To the Bone hits Netflix on July 14.
Downpour: As the therapy group stands in a rain storm, Keanu asks: ‘Why are we here?’ A patient responds: ‘Cause we’re alive.’
Doctor’s orders: Keanu helps Collins come to terms with her disease