I Am Not My Body

I Am Not My Body is a full length documentary premiering April 5th. It is the story of Marius Dasianu, a young Romanian boy who was left with 3rd and 4th degree burns after a severe house fire in 2007. Both of his parents died in the fire, and Marius didn’t find out they had passed away until more than 5 months after the fire.

The fire burned away his nose, made it so he couldn’t blink, and doctors amputated all 10 of his fingers because of the infection and dead flesh.

Two students interning in his hospital from Brigham Young University met him and fell in love with him. With their families help, they brought him and his brother to the United States so Marius could get better medical care.

Doctors from the generous Shriner’s Hospital for Children have repaired his eyelids so he can blink, completely rebuilt his nose, and turned two of his toes into thumbs.

But that’s only part of the story…

His adoptive mother was diagnosed with an advanced stage of cancer. While he had surgery in Los Angeles, she would receive chemo and radiation treatments and then drive from more than two hours to be with him. She did this every day he stayed in the hospital.

While he has his moments (he is a kid), he always smiles, rarely if ever complains about his burns, situation, or surgeries, and has an incredibly positive attitude.

He goes swimming, wrestles, plays trombone, does karate, plays foosball, drives a go cart…all without hands.

The movie premiere will be held in Provo, Utah on April 5th. Tickets are complementary, but you do have to register. If you can come, go here to register! (I'm going, so let me know if you decide to come so we can try to meet!)



For more information, go to mariusmovie.com.