desires (2015)

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Release Date

14 May, 2015

Runtime

00:32: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

desires

Two stories expose the ways in which medicine, law and religion shape discourses of the gendered body: Martina’s, who lived in Colombia in the 19th century and was prosecuted for being a hermaphrodite, and Nour’s, who lived in Beirut during the Ottoman Empire and was forced to marry to her female lover’s brother.

Original Title

رغبات

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