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Thesis on a Domestication
Known for her unrestrained and debaucherous lifestyle, a successful trans actress (Camila Sosa Villada) defies every expectation that’s been set on her (both by her close friends and the conservative community of Argentina) when she decides to settle down and start a family with a new husband (Alfonso Herrera from Sense8) — who happens to be gay.
Backed by the producing team of Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal, director Javier van de Couter (Mía, Frameline37) adapted this steamy melodrama from star Sosa Villada’s novel of the same name. Thesis on a Domestication boldly allows its complex unnamed protagonist to navigate two worlds typically presented as incompatible for trans characters. She indulges in her sexual fantasies while simultaneously building the kind of family structure trans people have historically been excluded from. The film seductively asserts that identity contains multitudes, refusing to be confined by society’s limiting expectations. It turns out that a girl can have it all.
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