Deseos [Desires], 2015, exposes the ways in which medicine, law and religion shaped discourses of the gendered body through the narration of two stories: 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.
Part documentary and part fiction, the film presents a correspondence between two women who faced the consequences of engaging in same sex relations and defying gender norms.
The screenplay for Deseos was written by Carlos Motta and Maya Mikdashi.
Deseos was commissioned by Council (Paris), premiered at the Gothenburg International Biennial of Contemporary Art in September 2015 and has since screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam and other festivals.
Deseos [Desires], 2015, exposes the ways in which medicine, law and religion shaped discourses of the gendered body through the narration of two stories: 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.
Part documentary and part fiction, the film presents a correspondence between two women who faced the consequences of engaging in same sex relations and defying gender norms.
The screenplay for Deseos was written by Carlos Motta and Maya Mikdashi.
Deseos was commissioned by Council (Paris), premiered at the Gothenburg International Biennial of Contemporary Art in September 2015 and has since screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam and other festivals.