#Female Pleasure
7.5
2018
1 hr 37 min
Documentary
A plea for the liberation of female sexuality in the 21st century. The film questions millennial patriarchal structures, as well as todays omnipresent porn culture. It accompanies five extraordinary women around the globe, reveals universal contexts and shows the successful fight of these courageous women for a self-determined female sexuality and an equal, passionate relationship between the sexes.
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- Cast：
- Rokudenashiko
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Reviews
It is a performances centric movie
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I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
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The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
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Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
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