The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela

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The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela

R

2008

1h 20m

Drama

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A transsexual (Raquela Rios) turns to the lucrative world of Internet porn to finance her dream of moving to Paris.

Noel Murray

AV Club

09/26/2008

B

A kind of postmodern, grown-up fairytale: a Cinderella story for the reality-TV age.

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

09/26/2008

3.5/5

Raquela Rios is so passionately alive her film gets away with an open ending -- as it has everything else.

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Tim Cogshell

Boxoffice Magazine

09/26/2008

3/5

It's funny, wry, edgy and occasionally insightful -- but it's not a documentary.

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David Noh

Film Journal International

10/13/2008

C

That hyperbolic title refers to Raquela's transsexual status, but otherwise, there's nothing all that amazing about this very specialized-interest, sometimes engaging but often frustrating faux-documentary.

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide

09/26/2008

2.5/4

Rios is the glue that holds Johannesson's neither-fish-nor-fowl film together:

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Ernest Hardy

L.A. Weekly

09/26/2008

The amazing truth about Queen Raquela is that she's constructed from clichs.

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08/07/2012

Very poignant and touching movie. Spanned the bridge between fact and fiction very well and Raquela Rios did an excellent job as herself.

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08/16/2010

Initially, it seems like this film addresses some trans gender issues, but then the central character of this docu-drama comes across as a stuck up bitch. Not the story's fault, since it is based on actual events, but after the first half hour it goes downhill as a "Meh" documentary.

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04/25/2010

Is it fun for a one time fling? Yes. Do I wish to see it again? No.

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11/13/2008

As a documentary, I don't think this was really anything special, however, the story is worth knowing.

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11/11/2008

Very funny. I loved the part when she names him an asshole =P.

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09/25/2008

Sympaattinen dokumentti (??) filippiinilaisen ladyboyn tiesta islantilaisen kalatehtaan kautta Pariisiin ja takaisin.

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Synopsis

A transsexual (Raquela Rios) turns to the lucrative world of Internet porn to finance her dream of moving to Paris.

Director: Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
Producer: Arleen Cuevas, Olaf de Fleur Johannesson, Stefan C. Schaefer
Screenwriter: Benedikt Jóhannesson, Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
Distributor: Regent Releasing
Rating: R (Language|Some Nudity|Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 26, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 3, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.3K
Runtime: 1h 20m

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