Upon Her Lips: Butterflies

That feeling of apprehension, of doubt - the sensation of butterflies before taking the plunge. Five women and the objects of their affection face up to their futures in these thoroughly modern tales of lesbian love from France, Germany, Israel, Italy and the UK. The richness and enthralling complexity of same-sex desire has never looked so inviting.

Cast

Chereen Buckley

as Cocteau

Alexandra Cismondi

as Clothilde

Tabita Johannes

as Katharina

Eva Nürnberg

as Josefine

Salomé Richard

as Maude

Deanna Rodger

as Alicia

Samira Saraya

as Yasmine

Elisa Schlott

as Lena

Hadas Yaron

as Or

Fidaa Zidan

as Jehan

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