Female Perversions (1996)

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An outwardly successful woman teeters on the brink of emotional collapse in this psychological drama. Evelyn Stevens (Tilda Swinton) is a skilled and well-regarded attorney who is being considered for a prestigious judicial appointment. However, she's plagued by self-doubt and neurotic obsessions (the "perversions" referenced in the title), including an obsession with expensive clothes and cosmetics, lingering fears about her relationship with her lover John (Clancy Brown), an exaggerated sense of competition with the new lawyer in her office, and an intense sexual curiosity about Renee (Karen Sillas), the psychiatrist who has just moved into her building. Evelyn is forced to put her own problems on hold for the moment when she learns that her sister Madelyn (Amy Madigan), a Ph.D candidate struggling to complete her doctoral thesis, has been arrested again for shoplifting. In time, the two sisters realize that they have to come to terms with the psychic damage inflicted upon them in their childhood. Female Perversions was based on the best-selling novel by Louise J. Kaplan. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Starring:: Tilda Swinton, Amy Madigan, (more)

Director(s):: Susan Streitfeld

Theatrical MPAA Rating:: R

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Synopsis of Female Perversions

Complete Cast of Female Perversions

Tilda Swinton - Evelyn Stevens
Karen Sillas - Renee
Clancy Brown - John
Marcia Cross - Evelyn's Mother
Paulina Porizkova - Langley

Amy Madigan - Madelyn Stevens
Laila Robins - Emma
Frances Fisher - Annuncata
Lisa Jane Persky - Margot
Dale Shuger - Ed

Director(s):: Susan Streitfeld

Writer(s):: Julie Hebert, Susan Streitfeld

Producer(s):: Rena Ronson, Zalman King, Mindy Affrime

Theatrical MPAA Rating:: R(Sexual Situations, Not For Children, Adult Situations)

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