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Female Perversions (1996)

18 119 min  -  Drama  -   25 April 1997 (USA)
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An ambitious female attorney wallows in excess and meaningless sex with both male and female partners, while dealing with her personal life problems including helping her kleptomaniac sister.

Director:

Susan Streitfeld

Writers:

Louise J. Kaplan (book), Julie Hébert (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tilda Swinton ...
Eve Stephens
Amy Madigan ...
Maddie Stephens
Karen Sillas Karen Sillas ...
Renee
Frances Fisher ...
Annunciata
Clancy Brown ...
John
Laila Robins ...
Emma
John Diehl ...
Jake Rock
Paulina Porizkova ...
Langley Flynn
Dale Shuger Dale Shuger ...
Edwina
Sandy Martin ...
Trudy
Marcia Cross ...
Beth Stephens
John Cassini ...
Gas Station Attendant
Shawnee Smith ...
Make-Up Salesgirl
Nina Wise Nina Wise ...
Lingerie Saleswoman
Judy Jean Berns Judy Jean Berns ...
Boutique Saleswoman
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Storyline

Dresses, lipsticks, sex - the "perversions" (and neuroses) of Eve, a young, very successful lawyer. Her days are a tightrope act between extreme eloquence and frosty toughness on the one side, and scaring vulnerability on the other. The climax of her career shall be the possibly forthcoming appointment as a judge, but this step seems to be interrupted by her kleptomaniac sister Mad who is arrested after one of her raids. Eve travels to Mad's town to stand by her in the jail. Their struggle about Mad's illness evokes suppressed conflicts. Eve stays at her sister's flat where she meets a girl who fights with her budding femininity. Written by Frank Wallner <wallnerf@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>  

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Plot Keywords:

Sister | Tightrope | Judge | Jail | Lawyer  | See more »

Taglines:

Dare to let yourself go where you've never been before. See more »

Genres:

Drama

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for intense depictions of psychoerotic themes, scenes of strong sexuality and strong language See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

Phantasien einer Frau See more »

Filming Locations:

Bakersfield, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$883,973 (USA) (27 July 1997)
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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Goofs

Boom mic visible: The boom mic visible in different parts of the movie. In one scene where Maddie is thinking about the past looking at the photograph, and in a second scene at the bathroom where Eve and Maddie take a bath together. See more »

Quotes

Eve Stephens: I need you desperately.
Renee: [chuckles] Let's see... uh, we met in an elevator, right? We had two drinks, went back to my place and had great sex. You had five orgasms, I only had three. And now you are so desperate to see me?
Eve Stephens: [sits down] Very desperate... doctor.
Renee: Well uh... I'm sorry what was your last name?
Eve Stephens: Stephens.
Renee: Miss Stevens, right. In my professional opinion, you are a deeply compulsive, highly neurotic, extremely co-dependent woman who more then likely loves too much... or too little. I can't remember which.
[...]
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Soundtracks

"Yo Mi Mariachi"
Written by Ophie Shur
Published by Wolf Tracer Music (BMI)/Cherry River Music (BMI) See more »