Transgender Film 'The Weight' Wins Sixth Queer Lion In Venice
By On Top Magazine Staff
Published: September 08, 2012
http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=12922&MediaType=1&Category=4The Weight by Korean director Jeon Kyu-Hwan has won the sixth annual Queer Lion prize at the 69th annual Venice Film Festival.
The three-person jury announced the winner on Friday. Seven films competed for the prize which recognizes films with queer elements playing at the festival.
In the film, a young hunchback named Jung leads a solitary life working in a morgue. His younger transgender sister feels trapped in a man's body as a sympathetic Jung prepares a gift for his troubled sibling. (A trailer for the film is embedded on this page.
