---
title: 'Female Perversions (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Susan Streitfeld'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/female-perversions-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116293/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Female Perversions (1996)

1996 · 112 min · Drama · Germany, United States


## Synopsis

Female Perversions is a 1996 erotic drama film directed by Susan Streitfeld, 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Susan Streitfeld](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-streitfeld)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Debbie Wiseman](https://cinepixo.com/people/debbie-wiseman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Teresa Medina](https://cinepixo.com/people/teresa-medina)

## Cast

- [Laila Robins](https://cinepixo.com/people/laila-robins)
- [Shawnee Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/shawnee-smith)
- [John Diehl](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-diehl)
- [Karen Sillas](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-sillas)
- [Tilda Swinton](https://cinepixo.com/people/tilda-swinton)
- [Marcia Cross](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcia-cross)
- [Lisa Jane Persky](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisa-jane-persky)
- [Sandy Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandy-martin)
- [Frances Fisher](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-fisher)
- [Clancy Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/clancy-brown)
- [Jim James](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-james)
- [Amy Madigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amy-madigan)
- [Paulina Porizkova](https://cinepixo.com/people/paulina-porizkova)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/female-perversions-1996
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