''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

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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 and New York. He s ...

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 The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...

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

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festival in the

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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. bworldonline.com, Arroyo awards winners in 10th Cinemanila festival
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References

External links

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