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Runtime:

104 min.

Year of Production:

2017

Country:

Chile/USA/Germany/Spain

Director:

Sebastián Lelio

Cast:

Daniela Vega
Aline Kuppenheim
Francisco Reyes
Luis Gnecco

Production Company:

Fabula

Berlinale Section:

Competition

Berlinale Category:

Feature Film

Teddy Award:

Best Feature Film

Marina and Orlando are in love and plan to spend their lives together. She is working as a waitress and adores singing. Her lover, twenty years her senior, has left his family for her. One night, when they return home after having exuberantly celebrated Marina’s birthday at a restaurant, Orlando suddenly turns deathly pale and stops responding. At the hospital, all the doctors can do is confirm his death. Events follow thick and fast: Marina finds herself facing a female police inspector’s unpleasant questions, and Orlando’s family shows her nothing but anger and mistrust. Orlando’s wife excludes Marina from the funeral; she also orders her to leave the apartment – which on paper at least belonged to Orlando – as soon as possible. Marina is a transgender woman. The deceased’s family feels threatened by her sexual identity. With the same energy she once used to fight for her right to live as a woman Marina, with head held high, now insists on her right to grieve. Even if her environment conspires against her, the film at least is entirely on her side, showing us a protagonist who, although increasingly side-lined, is nonetheless strong and worldly-wise – a truly fantastic woman.

BIOGRAFIE Sebastián Lelio

FILMOGRAFIE Sebastián Lelio (selection)

2017 Una Mujer Fantástica   2012 Gloria  2011 El año del Tigre  2009 Navidad  2005 La Sagrada Familia 

@IMDb Sebastián Lelio
Interview with Daniela Vega, Sebastián. Lelio, Francisco Reyes
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