April 19 @ 7:30 PM — A FANTASTIC WOMAN (UNA MUJER FANTÁSTICA)

Due to the APRIL IN PARIS Film Festival at Cinestudio, our 2nd Thursdays screening is moving to the 3rd Thursday in April. One month only.

WINNER of the OSCAR for the Best Foreign Language Film!

Marina and Orlando are in love and planning for the future.

Marina is a young waitress and aspiring singer. Orlando is 20 years older than her, and owns a printing company.

After celebrating Marina’s birthday one evening, Orlando falls seriously ill. Marina rushes him to the emergency room, but he passes away just after arriving at the hospital.

Instead of being able to mourn her lover, suddenly Marina is treated with suspicion. The doctors and Orlando’s family don’t trust her. A woman detective investigates Marina to see if she was involved in his death. Orlando’s ex-wife forbids her from attending the funeral. And to make matters worse, Orlando’s son threatens to throw Marina out of the flat she shared with Orlando.

Marina is a trans woman and for most of Orlando’s family, her sexual identity is an aberration, a perversion.

So Marina struggles for the right to be herself. She battles the very same forces that she has spent a lifetime fighting just to become the woman she is now – a complex, strong, forthright and fantastic woman.

“The film’s great triumph is Daniela Vega, a transgender actress and singer, who makes an indelible impression in the leading role.” – Rex Reed, New York Observer

 

Chile, 2017, 100 min. In Spanish with English Subtitles.
Directed by Sebastián Lelio. Cast: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco.