The director’s follow-up to Gloria concerns a transgender woman who, when her older, middle-class partner dies, is forced to engage with suspicious family and aggressive officials. A Fantastic Woman was among the most buzzed-about titles at last October’s London Film Festival. Bear in mind that most people who have played transgender characters have been men.”Vega makes an interesting point here. “One of the things that saves you from being entangled with your own anxieties is not being afraid of the future,” Vega says. But the future will bring me beautiful things.”A Fantastic Woman is released tomorrow.

Source: The Irish Times March 01, 2018 05:02 UTC