Whole is a documentary about a group of men from different countries who all want to/have become amputees by choice.
They all grew up imagining being amputees and pretending to be one by using a peg leg, crutches or as one man still does bind his leg and wear baggy trousers when he goes out.
This is now officially recognised as Body Integrity Identity Disorder, a neurological disorder that leaves the sufferer feeling that part of their body is not their own and that unless it's removed they will not feel complete.
This is shot in such a straight forward uninteresting way that the subject matter becomes less outlandish. There are no explanations offered, why mostly men and just legs for instance, just each person's story which are all very similar. The most interesting being the two men who actually destroy their own legs.
The disturbing part is not being allowed to have their legs removed and being driven to drill, shoot or freeze them off themselves. It seems strange that cosmetic surgery or a sex change is acceptable in the medical world but removing a healthy limb at the request of the sufferer who obviously has issues and has done so since they were very young is not.
YES - if you can imagine it then it's happening in the world right now.
