Fat Chance November 22, 2008

When single mom and filmmaker Yuka Sekiguchi (Senso Daughters, When Mrs. Hegarty Comes to Japan), overweight at nearly 200 pounds and approaching fifty, determines to lose weight in hopes of becoming healthier and happier, she decides to film her struggle, figuring that public humiliation will be a strong incentive to succeed. FAT CHANCE, serious and humorous, chronicles her six-month effort, involving experiments with fad diets, exercise programs, diet shakes, consultations with an obesity expert, a psychiatrist, and a plastic surgeon. Yuka comes to term with some deeply personal issues and, in the process, learns not just about her body, but also finds herself.