Bad Habits (Malos habitos) [DVD]

NTSC/Region 1.The first feature film from Simón Bross, Bad Habits skewers one Mexican family who has a whole buffet of eating disorders. Matilde is a nun convinced that faith moves mountains. She secretly begins a mystic fasting to end what she considers to be the second great flood. Elena is a thin and fashion-conscious woman ashamed of her daughter's chubbiness. She's willing to do the impossible to make her daughter Linda thin so Linda will look like a little princess on the day she receives her first communion. At the same time Elena's husband Gustavo - a professor of architecture - cannot cope with his wife's bones poking him during intimate moments so he turns his attention to a buxom female student with a hearty appetite. A delicious tale of faith, love, vanity, and leaky pipes, this engaging debut was inspired by the true story of a 17th century Mexican nun.