Plot
In 1880 pioneering doctor Mortimer Granville,sacked from various hospitals for challenging his superiors' out-moded methods,gets a job with Dr Dalrymple,who relieves female patients' frustrations - or hysteria - with pelvic massages which allow orgasm. The handsome young doctor attracts a large female clientele and gets engaged to Dalrymple's studious younger daughter Emily but after the constant massaging brings on a carpal injury he is sacked. Fortunately an enterprising inventor friend has come up with a power operated feather duster which will soon be transformed into a vibrator and make Mortimer a fortune. Along the way he also realises that his heart really lies with Emily's older sister Charlotte,an outspoken suffragette who runs a home for disadvantaged women in London's East End.
Written by
Stephen Dyer, Jonah Lisa Dyer, Howard Gensler
Directed by
Tanya Wexler
Crew
Production Countries
United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, France, Luxembourg
Production Companies
ARTE France Cinéma, Informant Media, Chimera Films LLC, Beachfront Films, Forthcoming Productions
Languages
English
Awards
2 nominations total