''Tiresia'' is a 2003 French film directed by

Bertrand Bonello Bertrand Bonello (; born 11 September 1968) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and composer. His background is in classical music, and he lives between Paris and Montreal. His work has also been associated with the New French Extre ...

and written by Bonello and Luca Fazzi. Based on the legend of

Tiresias In Greek mythology, Tiresias (; grc, Τειρεσίας, Teiresías) was a blind prophet of Apollo in Thebes, famous for clairvoyance and for being transformed into a woman for seven years. He was the son of the shepherd Everes and the nymph ...

, it tells of a

transgender woman A trans woman or a transgender woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Trans women have a female gender identity, may experience gender dysphoria, and may transition; this process commonly includes hormone replacement therapy and som ...

who is kidnapped by a man and left to die in the woods. She is then saved by a family and receives the gift of telling the future. The film stars

Laurent Lucas Laurent Lucas (born 20 July 1965) is a French actor. Life and career A student of the Charles Dullin school, Lucas soon became one of the most admired young performers in the Strasbourg National Theatre. He first emerged on the scene with his r ...

, Clara Choveaux, Thiago Telès, and Célia Catalifo. ''Tiresia'' was nominated for the

Palme d'Or The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

at the

2003 Cannes Film Festival The 56th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 25 May 2003. French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer Patrice Chéreau was the President of the Jury. The Palme d'Or went to the American film ''Elephant'' by G ...

Cast

as Terranova / Père François * Clara Choveaux as Tiresia I * Thiago Telès as Tiresia II * Célia Catalifo as Anna *

Lou Castel Lou Castel (born Ulv Quarzell; 28 May 1943) is a Swedish actor who became known through his work in Italian films. Life and career The son of a Swedish father and an Irish mother, Castel was born Ulv Quarzell in Bogotá, Colombia, where his fa ...

as Charles *

Alex Descas Alex Descas (born 1958) is a French actor known for his roles in films by Claire Denis and Jim Jarmusch. In France he is also known for his role as Schneider in the French TV series ''Un Flic''. He is a frequent collaborator of Claire Denis, app ...

as Marignac *

Fred Ulysse Fred Ulysse (c. 1934 – 24 October 2020) was a French actor. He was known for his role of Martin Féral, brother of Jacquou le Croquant in the television series '' Jacquou le Croquant'', based on the novel of the same name by Eugène Le Roy. F ...

as Roberto * Stella as Kim * Marcelo Novais Teles as Eduardo * Olivier Torres as Mathieu * Isabelle Ungaro as Louise * Abel Nataf as Le fils d'Anna * Pascal Tréguy as Head Animal Trainer

References

Bibliography

Bernard Stiegler Bernard Stiegler (; 1 April 1952 – 5 August 2020) was a French philosopher. He was head of the Institut de recherche et d'innovation (IRI), which he founded in 2006 at the Centre Georges-Pompidou. He was also the founder in 2005 of the politi ...

, "Tirésias et la guerre du temps: Autour d'un film de Bertrand Bonello," ''De la misère symbolique: Tome 1. L'époque hyperindustrielle'' (Paris: Galilée, 2004): 163–85.

External links

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Interview with Bertrand Bonello
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