''The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela'' is a 2008

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directed by

Olaf de Fleur Johannesson Olaf de Fleur (real name: ''Ólafur Jóhannesson'' born 1975) is an Icelandic film director, scriptwriter and producer. Early life Fleur was born in Búðardalur, Iceland. He founded the independent production company, Poppoli Pictures, in 200 ...

Premise

Raquela, a Filipino

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dreams of making a new life in

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. She becomes an Internet

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and meets Valerie, an Icelandic transsexual, and Michael, the owner of the website she works for.

Cast

* Raquela Rios as Herself *

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 Michigan ( ...

as Ardilo, Michael * Olivia Galudo as Olivia * Brax Villa as Aubrey * Valerie Grand Einarsson as Valerie Einarsson

Distribution and reception

The film showed at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film. It has been screened in the ''Emerging Visions'' section of the 2008

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festival in the United States. It received the Grand Jury Prize in the 10th 2008 Cinemanila International Film Festival at Malacañan Palace's Kalayaan Hall. bworldonline.com, Arroyo awards winners in 10th Cinemanila festival
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References

External links

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