The Dilemma of Desire

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The Dilemma of Desire

2020

1h 48m

Documentary

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10 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Filmmaker Maria Finitzo interviews women who are trying to break through the stigma surrounding female sexuality and desire.

Leslie Felperin

The Hollywood Reporter

04/27/2020

Has many of the right moves.

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Ricardo Gallegos

La Estatuilla

11/28/2020

This important and informative awareness tool for all genders offers a cornucopia of topics on female pleasure, desire and sexuality. [Full review in Spanish]

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Martha K. Baker

KDHX (St. Louis)

11/13/2020

"The Dilemma of Desire" breaks no new ground with the form of the documentary film, but it piles on plenty of needed sex ed. for home and school.

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Orla Smith

Seventh Row

11/10/2020

The Dilemma of Desire will change the way you think about sex

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Emma Sarappo

Washington City Paper

07/16/2020

Ultimately, the documentary doesn't seem interested in asking what purpose, say, the vibrator on a necklace that San Francisco-based designer Ti Chang sells serves beyond starting conversations...

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Norman Wilner

NOW Toronto

05/27/2020

Maria Finitzo's look at female sexuality - which counts Barbara Kopple as one of its executive producers - explores the historical disregard for women's pleasure in academia and medicine...

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06/30/2022

Half a star is too kind for this terrible show.

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Maria Finitzo interviews women who are trying to break through the stigma surrounding female sexuality and desire.

Director: Maria Finitzo
Producer: Maria Finitzo, Cynthia Kane, Diane Moy Quon
Production Co: Kartemquin Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 48m

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