An Excellent TG Movie

[RallyCola]

i have had this movie on dvd for the last several years. i don't find it to be a piece of transgender advocacy nor do i find it offensive to transwomen. it is just a movie about a woman that has a hard and tumultuous life to me.

[innocentbychoice]

What did you think?

I really liked it, the leading actress was beautiful (her acting skills suck though), it Seemed very real and a lot of people in the comments section were saying the same thing.

The girl is transgender is real life right?

[nysprod]

I really liked it, the leading actress was beautiful (her acting skills suck though), it Seemed very real and a lot of people in the comments section were saying the same thing.

The girl is transgender is real life right?

Yes...the actress who played Princesa, Ingrid de Souza, is transgender.

[nysprod]

This movie was based on the life of Fernandinho Farias de Albuquerque, a travesti from the Brazilian Nordeste who grew up to become Fernanda and to use the professional name Princesa. She emigrated to Italy in 1988 to earn money as a prostitute and buy a sex-change operation.

In 1990 Fernanda was convicted of the attempted murder of a woman who had stolen her money, and in Rome’s Rebibbia prison she met Maurizio Jannelli of the revolutionary Brigate Rosse who worked with her to write her autobiography, which was published in 1994 in Italy, and in Brazil in 1995.

Princesa became the most celebrated transsexual in Italian song when Fabrizio De André (1940-1999) sang about her on the album Anime Salve, 1995. Listen to part of it here.

The autobiography was picked up by film director Henrique Goldman. She worked with him on pre-production, but committed suicide before filming started.

[innocentbychoice]

^Oh wow. Thanks for the info.

[JenniferParisHusband]

I'm afraid to ask how this movie does the "Crying Game" style penis reveal. Guess it can't be any worse than the "Bugis Street" walk in while some guy is tickling it with a feather scene.

[nysprod]

I'm afraid to ask how this movie does the "Crying Game" style penis reveal. Guess it can't be any worse than the "Bugis Street" walk in while some guy is tickling it with a feather scene.

Aside from the brief flash of tits n ass, there's no nudity...but I suggest you watch it anyway.

[JenniferParisHusband]

Aside from the brief flash of tits n ass, there's no nudity...but I suggest you watch it anyway.

Nice change, no deliberate attempt to shock an audience. I might check this out.

[nysprod]

Nice change, no deliberate attempt to shock an audience. I might check this out.

Good day to kick back and watch this flick, especially since football is done.

[RallyCola]

Nice change, no deliberate attempt to shock an audience. I might check this out.

there is no shock at all. the whole point of the movie is about a transwoman coping with the perils of prostitution and relationships.