Una mujer fantastica = A fantastic woman /
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...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Language Notes: | In Spanish, with English subtitles. |
| Published: |
[New York, NY] :
[Sony Pictures Classics],
[2017]
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as motion picture in 2017. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 104 min.)) : sound, color |
| Playing Time: | 01:43:59 |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R; for language, sexual content, nudity and a disturbing assault. |
| Awards: | Academy Awards, Best Foreign Language Film, 2018 Golden Globe Awards, nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, 2018 GALECA Dorian Award, nominated for Film Performance of the Year - Actress, 2018 GALECA Dorian Award, nominated for LGBTQ Film of the Year, 2018 GALECA Dorian Award, nominated for Foreign Language Film of the Year, 2018 GLAAD Media Award, Outstanding Film - Limited Release, 2018 GOYA Award, Best Iberoamerican Film, 2018 Havana Film Festival Special Jury Prize, Best Film, 2017 |
| Production Credits: | Music, Matthew Herbert ; director of photography, Benjamín Echazarreta ; editor, Soledad Salfate. |