Vleesverlangen (2015) – Review

Review Vleesverlangen

How big is your longing for meat? Are you someone who has to eat a piece of meat every day because you will get the feeling that you haven’t eaten anything if you didn’t? Documentary maker Marijn Frank has that feeling and it’s strong. So strong that according to an MRI-scan she thinks more about meat than about sex (of which this documentary shows some explicit images). She wants to understand that obsession, especially because she has made the choice to not give her daughter any meat. Her “relationship” with meat is complex and in this documentary (Vleesverlangen means longing for meat) she investigates this. Continue reading