Raquela, a transsexual from the Philippines, dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris.
Raquela is a transsexual-or "ladyboy"-from the Philippines who dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris. In order to make her dreams come true, she turns from prostitution toward the more lucrative business of Internet porn. Her success as a porn star brings new friends, including Valerie, a ladyboy in Iceland, and Michael, the owner of the website Raquela works for. Valerie helps Raquela get as far as Iceland. From there, Michael offers her a rendezvous in Paris. Will Paris be everything she dreamed of? And will Michael turn out to be her Prince Charming?
New York Times wrote:
Tales of a Filipino LadyboyBy NEIL GENZLINGER
Published: September 26, 2008
Those already attuned to the transgendered world will certainly find “The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela” to be a heartfelt, unusual take on it. The question is whether anyone else will. The answer is: Probably not.
The film, by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson, stars and is a half-true documentary about Raquela Rios, a Filipino ladyboy, as she calls herself: a man who dresses, acts like and feels like a woman. The “half-true” part is troublesome. The title character plays herself, and some of what you see is her actual life, but other parts are invented and staged. “Visiomentary,” the filmmaker calls this technique of blending fact and fiction; he has said the film is about 50 percent of each.
Ultimately, though, it doesn’t matter that you can’t tell what’s real and what isn’t, because none of it is very involving. Raquela walks the streets in the Philippines, goes to Iceland, becomes involved with an Internet pornographer and finally gets a man to take her to Paris, her longstanding dream.
We’re supposed to get caught up in this ladyboy’s realization of her fantasy, but that is difficult when we spend so much time listening to Raquela and her friends going on about their micro-problems — with love, sex, clothes, unrealized plans — an orgy of self-absorption that can only be irritating to anyone with more pressing concerns. It’s like being trapped in a roomful of teenage girls for 80 minutes.
“The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for language, a little nudity and the general subject matter.
THE AMAZING TRUTH ABOUT QUEEN RAQUELA
Opens on Friday in New York and Los Angeles.
Written (in Filipino, Thai, English and Icelandic, with English subtitles) and directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson; director of photography, Butch Maddul; edited by Dagur Kari and Mr. de Fleur Johannesson; music by Pavel E. Smid; production designer, Alexis Yap; produced by Mr. de Fleur Johannesson, Arleen Cuevas, Stefan C. Schaefer and Helgi Sverrisson; released by Regent Releasing/Here! Films. In Manhattan at the Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th Street, Greenwich Village. Running time: 1 hour 20 minutes.
WITH: Raquela Rios (Raquela), Stefan C. Schaefer (Michael Ardilo), Brax Villa (Aubrey), Olivia Galudo (Via), Valerie Grand Einarsson (Valerie) and May Rose (May Rosaria).
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