Strella: Shifting sexual identities
By Brooks Robards
Published: March 11, 2010
http://www.mvtimes.com/marthas-vineyard/news/2010/03/11/film-strella.phpBrace yourself, filmgoers. MVFF will end with a film that pushes the limits of socio-sexual acceptability. But MVFF's venture into this disturbing territory is well worth it.
Strella, Martha's Vineyard
"Strella," by Greek director Panos Koutras, tells the story of a murderer who has just been released after serving 15 years in jail for killing his nephew. It seems clear that he has been sexually intimate with a younger cellmate, and on the outside he quickly finds himself pursuing a relationship with a "pre-op" transsexual named Strella, played by real-life transsexual Mina Orfanou.
