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When her lover Orlando dies suddenly one night, Marina (Daniela Vega) is left in a state of shock. But nothing can prepare her for what follows. Still raw with grief, the singer and waitress must navigate the horrors of recounting the night to Orlandos family, whose responses to the fact that shes a transwoman range from frosty to scabrous and even hostile. It seems love and cohabitation count for little and Marina must fight for her rights, her home and even custody of her dog, while the police only offer a new set of humiliations. Director Sebastin Lelios Gloria (LFF2013) gave us the ultimate free-spirited 50-something woman. Now, working with filmmaker-producers Maren Ade (Toni Erdmann) and Pablo Larran (Jackie), Lelio proves himself a successor to Almodvar as an explorer of female-centred, emotionally intelligent terrain, which also celebrates the tender and downright sexy relationship that Marina and Orlando shared. Marina, thanks to Vegas absolute knockout performance, is a vision of resistance: making her defiant way through the aftermath, battling transphobia and getting shit done. This avowedly queer provocation is essential arthouse cinema and likely to tear the roof off the LFF.

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