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Directed by Ramon Salazar
A fantasy-prone transvestite who is looking to make the leap to transsexual status imagines that he is the star of a lavish universe punctuated by elaborate musical numbers in director Ramon Salazar's stylish sophomore feature. Adolfo (Monica Cervera) is a die-hard romantic who currently shares a cramped apartment with Tomas (Miguel O'Dogherty). Though he was born a man, Adolfo prefers to go by the name Marieta, and is currently stashing away the money needed to shed the male appendage that is holding him back from full womanhood. Sex change operations don't come cheap though, and in order to raise said money Marieta must first land a decent paying job. Though one successful interview does find Marieta hired as a railroad station cleaner, the exhausted worker immediately falls asleep on the job and is quickly fired for doing so. It is in his sleep that Marieta truly comes alive though, and after falling asleep during a conversation at a nearby market, the dreamland Ginger Rogers is pulled to safety by handsome stock-boy El Reponedor (Pablo Puyol). As an intensely sexual relationship begins to develop between Marieta and El Reponedor, the aspiring transsexual discovers that even if he himself doesn't appreciate his one defining male characteristic, there are others out there who most certainly do. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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"An interesting story on an ugly movie full of ugly people. What's it? A dancing sci-fi horror porn drama? Is not there any beautiful charming person having good form on and around the place they live? What's the child doing there? Who told the fat big-breasted woman that Brazil is a paradise (lots of men and much money)? Awful! But the cheap niwit ones won't notice and will probably love it. " [More]
JJ79JJ79 20 Centimeters (2005)
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""20 Centimeters", a 2005 Spanish film written and directed by Ramon Salazar, deals with a pre-op transsexual woman who suffers from narcolepsy, lives with an aimless dwarf, works the streets at night as a prostitute and finds herself in love with a hunk she meets at the market. Oh yeah, Marieta is also saving up every penny she can find to complete her transition from male to female: her remaining eight " [More]
lukasblulukasblu Re: most overrated gay movie
by lukasblu in Queer Cinema
"writing your recent release faves is really helpful and informativethanks for putting up your recent release gay themed movie faves:i would definitely look into 20 Centimeters, and Another Gay Movie,at the closest blockbuster near my h " [More]
unemployedwaifunemployedwaif Re: most overrated gay movie
by unemployedwaif in Queer Cinema
"Recent releases that I have enjoyed: - Evening, which doesn't exactly center around gay characters but is loaded with queer themes (thanks to co-screenwriter Michael Cunningham). - Shortbus, highly entertaining and arousing film about sex in all its various forms. Extremely explicit yet remains focused " [More]
 

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