Why Sebastian Lelio does not give his trans film Una mujer fantástica an LGBT label

by Leo Bankersen
17 August 201730 March 2022
8 min read
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Nu genderkwesties volop in de belangstelling staan, komt Una mujer fantástica van de Chileense regisseur Sebastian Lelio precies op het goede moment. Een transfilm over de jonge transgendervrouw Marina die vecht om er te mogen zijn, een geweldige hoofdrol van transactrice Daniela Vega. Eigenlijk heb ik de term 'trans' nu al drie keer te veel gebruikt. Want, zo blijkt al snel wanneer ik op het festival van Berlijn samen met nog enkele journalisten bij Lelio aan tafel schuif, de filmmaker heeft we...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

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