| Director | Todd Haynes |
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The film follows Karen Carpenter from the time of her "discovery" in 1966 and her quick rise to stardom to her untimely death by cardiac arrest (secondary to anorexia nervosa) in 1983. It begins in Karen's parents' home in Downey, California, on February 4, 1983, and the viewer follows through the eyes of Karen's mother, Agnes Carpenter, as she discovers her body in a closet.