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Plastic Surgery & Beauty Ideals: A Hot Topic from Iran to Brazil
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Plastic Surgery & Beauty Ideals: A Hot Topic from Iran to Brazil

28 MIN · EN · STATUS: [ STREAMING ]
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Brazil and Iran top the world charts for cosmetic surgery, and this DW film follows families arguing over what a body is supposed to look like. In Sao Paulo, Claudia Cristiane Pegorer Tavares calls herself vain and wants more procedures, while her daughter Camila belongs to the body-positivity movement Movimento Corpo Livre; the sharpest criticism of Camila's weight comes from her own godfather, who suggests stomach stapling. In Tehran, self-taught street musician Reesa is saving for a nose job he believes will make or break his career, against the objections of his uncle Akbar, who thinks cosmetic surgery turns men into addicts and belongs only to women grooming themselves for husbands. The film notes Iran's status as the world's nose-job capital and quotes Ayatollah Khomeini's religious blessing on beauty procedures. Shot in homes, streets, and clinics in both cities, with subjects speaking directly to camera, it uses these two family conflicts to trace how Instagram and TikTok have made beauty pressure a global, generational fight.