A woman living in a small town discovers after fifty years that she is actually a man. Will she change her sex and suffer the reaction of a narrow-minded society?
Social & External
The people behind it
José Luis López Vázquez
Adela Castro Molina / Juan
Julieta Serrano
Isabelita
Antonio Ferrandis
Santiago
Lola Gaos
Tía Chus
Chus Lampreave
Sobrina de Chus
Enrique Ávila
Padre José María
Cristina Suriani
Charo
Ana Suriani
Merche
Manolo Otero
Novio de Isabelita
Lola Gálvez
Cliente de la cafetería
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Four Spanish-language shorts about the importance and complexity of people's perception from award winning directors. Stories of identity, misconceptions, regrets, dreams and love are told in this diverse collection. Includes: Tenants [Inquilinos] (2018); My Brother [Mi hermano] (2015); Guillermo on the Roof [Guillermo en el tejado] (2018); You Are Not a Woman [Usted no es mujer] (2018).
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A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.
A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, while a gambler believes he's on a lucky streak. A waitress begins engaging in promiscuous sex, and a young girl whose father is among the dead gains unexpected fame.
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An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
An improv group deals with several crises, including the loss of their lease and one member hitting the big time.
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A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.
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After completing military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.
