indieWIRE INTERVIEW | "The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela"
http://www.indiewire.com/people/2008/09/indiewire_inter_189.html9/27/2008
Icelandic director Olaf de Fleur Johannesson's "The Amazing Truth
About Queen Raquela" is an 85 minute drama which chronicles the story
of a naive but street smart Filipina transsexual prostitute named
Raquela who decides to travel in order to find her prince charming.
Like many Transsexuals (often known as "Ladyboys") in the Philippines,
Raquela dreams of marrying a heterosexual man from the West. She
spends much of her time on the Internet looking for men who can come
and rescue her. They promise to come, but time after time Raquela gets
stood up at the airport. Her life changes when, by luck, she lands a
job as a webcam host on a transsexual porn site...Raquela eventually
gets the opportunity to travel far away on her quest to find the
straight man of her dreams. "Queen Raquela" won the Teddy Award at the
2008 Berlin International Film Festival in addition to best foreign
narrative feature and the Vanguard Award at the 2008 New Fest (New
York Gay and Lesbian Film Festival). The film opens in L.A. at the
Regent Showcase and in New York at the Quad Cinemas Friday, September
26.
