ESN Movie Night /Queen Raquela

Fantastic documentary film by Ólafur de Fleur
The amazing truht about queen Raquela (2008)

Queen Raquela is not about sex-change operations or identity quests, but the
touching, dreamlike, quasi-autobiographical tale of Raquela Rios, a
transsexual Cebu City prostitute who longs to leave the Philippines, meet a
nice straight man and visit Paris.

Raquela is a transsexual - or “ladyboy” - from the Philippines who dreams of
escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris. In order
to make her dreams come true, she turns from prostitution toward the more
lucrative business of Internet porn. Her success as a porn star brings new
friends, including Valerie, a ladyboy in Iceland, and Michael, the owner of
the website Raquela works for. Valerie helps Raquela get as far as Iceland.
From there, Michael offers her a rendezvous in Paris. Will Paris be
everything she dreamed of? And will Michael turn out to be her Prince
Charming?
 

Askja room 132
18:30
18 februar