Elsbeth Fraanje
Sexual Healing
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Sexual Healing

Sexual Healing

Elsbeth Fraanje

2022
55 min.
Netherlands
Dutch and German
Subtitles: English and Catalan

Evelien is a woman with cerebral palsy who longs to experience the first intimate contact of her life

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Direction
Elsbeth Fraanje
Production
Tangerine Tree
Synopsis

Evelien is a middle-aged woman with cerebral palsy who longs to experience the first intimate contact of her life. Elsbeth Fraanje’s tender and delicate gaze accompanies her in her brave quest for this intimacy. During this personal journey, she discovers new parts of herself and her body, slowly opening up to needs she has been suppressing all her life. However, Evelien's growing curiosity clashes with a deep-rooted low self-esteem. The moment she schedules an appointment with a sexual caregiver, Evelien confronts herself. "Does sex fulfil you?", she wonders. A poignant story of true empowerment that shows the need for intimate connection for all humans.

About the direction
Elsbeth Fraanje

Elsbeth Fraanje

Filmmaker

Elsbeth Fraanje (1979) is a creative documentary director, researcher and programmer. CBC labelled h...

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Elsbeth Fraanje
Sexual Healing
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