Orchids: My Intersex Adventure
Daughter. Sister. Wife. Hermaphrodite.
Genres
Overview
Along the roads of Australia travels a small film crew headed by filmmaker Phoebe Hart, who is determined to turn this on-the-road trip into a journey of self-discovery. Her hermaphroditism played a painful and significant role in her past: she has had to deal with it from her adolescence on, but now this conflict has happily been solved. Even her relationship with her parents was damaged by her condition: in her opinion they were to blame for having forced her to undergo a traumatic operation to remove her internal testicles. Along the road, she will connect with other intersex people, ready to open up to her about their common condition. Will Phoebe succeed in openly confronting her mother, who is reluctant to be interviewed, and to talk about an issue that is so important for her? Will she find the answers she is looking for? A journey of self-discovery that is difficult, but at the same time light, ironic and detached.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
60 min
Release Date
2010-11-06
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
8
Vote Average
8.8
Phoebe Hart
herself
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0.0
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