''The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela'' is a 2008
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
Olaf de Fleur (real name: ''Ólafur Jóhannesson'' born 1975) is an Icelandic film director, scriptwriter and film producer, producer.
Early life
Fleur was born in Búðardalur, Iceland. He founded the independent production company, Poppoli Pi ...
.
Premise
Raquela, a Filipino
transsexual
Transsexual people experience a gender identity that is inconsistent with their assigned sex, and desire to permanently transition to the sex or gender with which they identify, usually seeking medical assistance (including sex reassignment ...
prostitute
Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penet ...
dreams of making a new life in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
. She becomes an Internet
porn star
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and meets Valerie, an Icelandic transsexual, and Michael, the owner of the website she works for.
Cast
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Raquela Rios as Herself
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Stefan Schaefer
Stefan Schaefer is an American writer, director and producer of films and television.
Biography
Early life and education
Schaefer was born in Boston, spent his childhood in Sussex, England and his adolescent years in Michigan and New York. He s ...
as Ardilo, Michael
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Olivia Galudo as Olivia
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Brax Villa as Aubrey
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Valerie Grand Einarsson as Valerie Einarsson
Distribution and reception
The film showed at the 2008
Berlin International Film Festival
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where it won the
Teddy Award
The Teddy Award is an international film award for films with LGBT topics, presented by an independent jury as an official award of the Berlin International Film Festival (the Berlinale). In the most part, the jury consists of organisers of gay ...
for Best Feature Film.
It has been screened in the ''Emerging Visions'' section of the 2008
South by Southwest
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festival in the
United States
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.
It received the Grand Jury Prize in the 10th 2008
Cinemanila International Film Festival The Cinemanila International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Manila, Philippines. It was founded by Filipino filmmaker Amable "Tikoy" Aguiluz in 1999. The focus of the festival is on the cinema of the Philippines as well as Southea ...
at
Malacañan Palace's Kalayaan Hall.
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References
External links
Official site
Official MySpace page
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2008 films
2000s English-language films
2000s Icelandic-language films
Icelandic LGBT-related films
Philippine LGBT-related films
Films about trans women
Thai drama films
Thai-language films
Visayan-language films
2008 drama films
Films directed by Olaf de Fleur
LGBT-related drama films
2008 LGBT-related films
French LGBT-related films
2000s French films
Philippine drama films
Icelandic drama films
French drama films
Thai LGBT-related films
2008 multilingual films
Icelandic multilingual films
Philippine multilingual films
French multilingual films
Thai multilingual films