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Synopsis

Gina is not feeling fabulous. She has lost her job and feels stuck and frustrated in a passionless marriage. She has always lived life on the sidelines – that is, until she is met with the groundbreaking business opportunity of converting a team of well-built moving guys into well-built housecleaners. Initially the response from her ocean-swimming community is immediate, and her all-male cleaning staff an instant hit. Finally, she is the boss she has always wanted to be.

But, as her business booms, her clientele demands something more – sex, or better yet, pleasure. Faced with something far more than she imagined, Gina and her team, including her foodie manager Steve, launch an enterprise that is all about getting intimacy right between people. For the first time, the women experience desire on their own terms. As Gina faces the highs and lows, the joys and struggles of maintaining such a unique business, she learns to stand up for herself, to look out for her own happiness and pleasure, and to take control of her life. HOW TO PLEASE A WOMAN is a precarious, often hilarious and revealing journey into the vulnerable world of what women really want and how hard it can be to get it right.

Sally Phillips as GINA, How To Please A Woman - Photograph by David Dare Parker

Filmed and Post Produced in Western Australia

on the Traditional Country of the Noongar Whadjuk peoples

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Production Information

Writer & Director

Renée Webster

Producers

Tania Chambers OAM
Judi Levine

Executive Producers

Deanne Weir
Roxana McMallan
Olivia Humphrey
Pam Colman
Julius Colman
Michela Fini
Adrian Fini

Key Cast

Sally Phillips
Erik Thomson
Alexander England
Ryan Johnson
Caroline Brazier
Josh Thomson
Hayley McElhinney
Tasma Walton
Cameron Daddo

Distributor

Madman Entertainment (ANZ)

Sales

Beta Cinema (ROW)

Key Locations

Perth

Fremantle

Key WA Crew

Editor

Merlin Eden

Line Producer

Biatta Czerkies

Production Designer

Emma Fletcher

Costume Designer

Lisa Galea Gunning

Hair & Make Up Designer

Kate Anderson

Art Director

Kate Bailey

1st Assistant Director

Brad Holyoake

2nd Assistant Director

Claire Blake

3rd Assistant Director

Michael Boyle

Sound Recordist

Trevor Hope

Key Grip

Greg Stirling

Gaffer

Dan Spriggs

Stills Photographer

David Dare Parker

Location Manager

Crystal Munitich McCallum

Unit Manager

Mike Montague

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