Completed - SPANISH - Documentary - 79 minutes
The new man tells the physical and emotional journey of Stephania, a transvestite borned in Nicaragua who lives in Montevideo and is looking for her own identity and being accepted by her family.
Year of production : 2015 Director(s) : Aldo GARAY Writer(s) : Aldo GARAY Cast : Stephania MIRZA CURBELO Producer(s) : Micaela SOLÉ (CORDON FILMS), Jennifer WALTON (LUPE FILMS)
Stephania is a transvestite born in Nicaragua. As a boy, he was adopted by a couple of Uruguayan leftist activists in the midst of the Sandinista revolution. At the moment, Stephanía earns her living watching parked cars in Montevideo. The film follows Stephania in her journey to rediscover her home country, where she was once a son, a brother and a boy who taught literacy and where she now wants to be accepted as the woman she is.
Country(ies) : URUGUAY, CHILE
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Berlinale - EFM 2015 (Panorama, Teddy Award)