Armless (2010) on Netflix
John has body integrity identity disorder: he does not feel whole unless his arms are gone. He leaves his wife Anna to look for a doctor in New York City.
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- Netflix2.6/5
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John has body integrity identity disorder, a condition in which a person does not feel whole unless a major limb is gone. He wants his arms cut off. His wife, Anna, comes to terms with that secret, and John leaves her and travels to New York City, hoping a surgeon will agree to operate. The film uses the structure of a classic farce, with mistaken identities and missed chances, alongside a darker philosophical tone, and it examines how a culture of great wealth can fetishize suffering.
