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| HYSTERIA | Director: |  Tanya Wexler |
| | | Year Released: | 2011 | Jan's Rating: Rich's Rating: | 5 out of 5 4 out of 5 | Key Performances: | Hugh Dancy
Rupert Everett
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Felicity Jones
Jonathan Pryce
| | Movie Haiku: | Set up as a romantic comedy about an idealistic young doctor who must find his life's work and his mate, this film shows the invention of the vibrator in the 1880s, & just below its pretty surface, explores women's roles & the thrill of discovering full personhood (including sexuality) at the dawn of the Progressive Era. Settlement Houses?!? Suffragists?!? Hooray!!! |
ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM: | Women filmmakers? | Yes | Jewish content? | No | Haiku Posted: | 2012 | |
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