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Tiresia

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An obsessed man kidnaps a Brazilian transsexual, but without her daily hormones, she begins to lose her femininity.

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Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter 05/22/2003
Only students of Greek mythology will appreciate Bonello's contempo version of Tiresia and even they may wonder what his point is. Go to Full Review
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall 06/29/2005
2.5/5
Full of powerfully emotional scenes, even if it's almost entirely untouchable--obtuse, bewildering and almost agonisingly slow. Go to Full Review
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07/31/2011 a beautiful film - in fact more comparible to baroque art than any mainstream movies. we are presented with many conflicting aspects; most obviously the protagonist's gender changing from female to male without her hormones, another prominant contrast is the blindess of the main character agaisnt their second sight. Despite this the film plays out harmoniously & smoothly. See more 02/21/2011 I didn't get this film at all. What was it about? And what the hell is those random lava pit scenes? If anyone could make scence, let me know. See more 05/12/2010 I was really looking forward watching this one but.... it didnt work for me. There are some well made scenes but it was not enough for a 2 hours film. If you want to watch a good transsexual film then try to watch STRELLA or BEAUTIFUL BOXER. PLUS: Idea CONS: implementation See more 12/26/2009 buenisima me impacto See more 08/13/2009 .. MIRAME... ES INHUMNO... ES ASQUEROSO TODO ESTA BIEN... TODO ESTA BIEN See more 04/10/2009 Weird, so very weird. Plus, the version I watched is without subtitles... Yikes! A re-interpretation of Tiresias based on the description in Greek mythology. The character Tiresias had been split into two & played by different actress (Clara Choveaux) & actor (Thiago Telcs); whilst Laurent Lucas plays 2 different characters at the same time. The story (narrative) was supposed to be linear developing but somehow the film was also cutting into 2 followed by Tiresia's transformation in the middle, alias, the 2nd Tiresia basically has nothing to do with the 1st one. And this is what a typical French movie does- the director intends to show you the agenda attached rather than simply telling you a rational story. [Tiresias], in this case, would be an interesting one for viewing. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis An obsessed man kidnaps a Brazilian transsexual, but without her daily hormones, she begins to lose her femininity.
Director
Bertrand Bonello
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Runtime
1h 56m