Director: Daniel Abma
Year: 2016
Country: Cuba, Germany, Netherlands
Running time: 86min
Premiere type: UK
Location / Venue: Rio
Date: 03/07
Time: 1:30 PM
Odette, Juani and Malú are awaiting gender realignment, courtesy of Europe’s best surgeons. They are the beneficiaries of a programme established by Fidel Castro’s daughter Mariela, who is being credited with leading a sexual revolution under the auspices of the socialist state. Marking a sea change in the lives of Cuban trans people, they nevertheless face the difficulties of bigotry, poverty and prostitution, all themes that are sensitively explored in this truly touching documentary.
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