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Una mujer fantástica, Sony Pictures Classics y Participant Media

Label
Una mujer fantástica, Sony Pictures Classics y Participant Media
Language
spa
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
[MPAA rating: R; for language, sexual content, nudity and a disturbing assault]
Main title
Una mujer fantástica
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
1066696850
Responsibility statement
Sony Pictures Classics y Participant Media
Runtime
100
Summary
"Una Mujer Fantástica es la historia de Marina, una mesera y cantante, y Orlando, un hombre mayor, que estan enamorados y planean un futuro juntos. Despues de que Orlando enferma repentinamente y muere, Marina se ve obligada a enfrentar a su familia y a la socidad, y luchar para demostrarles quien es: una mujer fuerte, pasional...fantástica."--provided by containerMarina and Orlando are in love and planning their future, when one night Orlando suddenly falls ill and passes away. Instead of being able to mourn her lover, Marina is treated with suspicion by authorities and with disdain by his family. She is forbidden to attend his funeral and thrown out of the apartment they shared. Marina is a trans woman and for most of Orlando's family, her sexual identity is a perversion. So she must battle the very same forces that she as spent a lifetime fighting just to become the woman she is now -- complex, strong, forthright and fantastic
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Fantastic woman
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