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Female Perversions (1996)

Female Perversions poster
Directed by
Susan Streitfeld
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Germany, United States
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
R
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 64 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A successful lawyer navigates her life and relationships while confronting her own hidden desires and psychological conflicts. She explores fantasies and interactions with other women that reveal the darker aspects of female psychology.

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What happens

Female Perversions is a 1996 erotic drama film directed by Susan Streitfeld (in her feature directorial debut), based on the 1991 book Female Perversions: The Temptations of Emma Bovary by American psychoanalyst Louise J. Kaplan. It stars Tilda Swinton in her first American film, Amy Madigan, Karen Sillas, Frances Fisher, Laila Robins, Paulina Porizkova, and Clancy Brown. Aspects of female psychology, particularly the more morbid, are explored through the interactions of the characters and their fantasies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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