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A woman in a red dresses splashes barefoot along a lush creek.

Thesis on a Domestication Tesis sobre una domesticación

  Javier Van de Couter

  Argentina, Mexico     113 minutes

Synopsis

A successful trans actress proudly occupies the space in the world that she has earned. She relishes in the prestige from her glittering career and the attention that it grabs from those around her, including from a handsome Mexican lawyer. As their love blossoms into marriage, making a home and building a family, she traces the course of her life and weaves it into a new trans narrative: one that demands the right to enjoyment, ambition, desire, glamor, and security as well as flaws and contradictions.

Adapted from the homonymous novel by contemporary trans actress and writer Camila Sosa Villada, Thesis on a Domestication shines a spotlight on Villada herself, who masterfully embodies a protagonist who refuses to succumb neither to norms of success and family nor the expectations of life as a trans woman. A bold portrait of a woman who defies definition, and must navigate the cost of her iconoclastic life.

 Spanish with subtitles

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Film Credits

  •   Laura Huberman, Ramiro Pavón, Javier Van de Couter, Gael García Bernal, Mónica Pérez, Lorena Cándano de la Peza
  •   Javier Van de Couter, Camila Sosa Villada, Laura Huberman
  •   Mariana Rodríguez
  •   Luciano Badaracco
  •   Camila Sosa Villada, Alfonso Herrera
  •   Catriel Nievas
  •   Laura Huberman, Ramiro Pavón, Diego Luna, Kyzza Terrazas
  •   Aurora Cine, Oh My Gómez!, La Corriente del Golfo

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Electrophilia Los Impactados

  Lucía Puenzo

  Argentina      2023    

Synopsis

After surviving a lightning strike during a terrifying countryside storm, Ada is reeling. As she recovers physically from the blast, a series of strange visual and auditory hallucinations begin to plague her. Searching for answers, she joins a support group for lighting strike survivors led by a charismatic, controversial doctor. Will his unconventional methods lead to a cure?

 Spanish with subtitles 
  90 minutes

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