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Cast
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Jon Lidolt | ||
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Tania Zolty | ||
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Jack Messinger | ||
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Iain Ewing | ||
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William Haslam | ||
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Raymond Woodley | ... | (as Ray Woodley) |
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Stefan Czernecki | ||
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Rafe Macpherson | ||
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Willem Poolman | ||
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Don Owen | ||
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Udo Kasemets | ||
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Bruce Martin | ||
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Crimes of the Future details the wanderings of Tripod (Mlodzik), sometime director of a dermatological clinic called the House of Skin, who is searching for his mentor, the mad dermatologist Antoine Rouge. Rouge has disappeared following a catastrophic plague resulting from cosmetic products, which has killed the entire population of sexually mature women. Tripod joins a succession of organisations including Metaphysical Import-Export and the Oceanic Podiatry Group, and meets various individuals and groups of men who are trying to adjust themselves to a defeminized world. One man parodies childbirth by continually growing new organs which are removed from his body. Eventually Tripod comes upon a group of paedophiles which is holding a 5 year-old girl, and they urge him to mate with her. He senses the presence of Antoine Rouge. Written by Michael Lauzon
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1990s | year 1997 | plague | cross dressing | male to female cross dressing |Parents Guide:
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10 August 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$20,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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