Completed - SPANISH - Drama - 105 minutes
Ale, a transvestite who lives in a shanty town inhabited only by gays, finds a diary of a young woman who has died. The empathy she feels with this woman, as she reads the contents of the diary, helps Ale come close to her own hidden desire, motherhood, and confronts her with her reality.
Year of production : 2010 Director(s) : Javier VAN DE COUTER Writer(s) : Javier VAN DE COUTER Cast : Rodrigo DE LA SERNA, Camila SOSA VILLADA, Maite LANATA, Rodolfo PRANTTE, Naty MENSTRUAL Producer(s) : Maiz Producciones
Mia is the story of Ale, a transvestite who lives in a shanty town inhabited only by gays. Ale finds a diary of a young woman who has died. The content written on it, makes Ale confront her reality. The story deals with the right to be happy and to be part of the community who has chosen to live differently from what society deems morally acceptable. It allows us to evaluate the issue of discrimination, intolerance, marginalization and social exclusion, but also that of the infinite capacity to love nascent in all human beings.
Country(ies) : ARGENTINA, SPAIN
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