Change of Sex
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| Directed by | Vicente Aranda |
| Produced by | Jaime Fernandez Cid |
| Written by |
Vicente Aranda Joaquin Jordá Carlos Durán |
| Starring |
Victoria Abril Lou Castel Fernando Sancho Rafaela Aparicio Bibí Andersen |
| Music by | Ricardo Miralles |
| Cinematography |
Néstor Almendros José Luis Alcaine |
| Edited by | Maricel Bautista |
| Distributed by | Morgana Films |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Change of Sex or Sex Change (Spanish: Cambio de Sexo) is a 1976 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda. It stars Victoria Abril. The film dramatizes the story of a young effeminate boy, who moves to the city to explore his desire to become a woman.
Synopsis
In a small town, José Maria is a teenager with a big problem: He imagines that inside of him he is really a woman. His family environment makes things more difficult for him. His rude father is a male chauvinist who afraid of his son softness put him to work chopping wood and tries to force him to have sex with a prostitute. However, José Maria flees from that adventure feeling guilty. He escapes to the city where he tries to be accepted as woman with tragic results. While working as a hair dresser he meets, Bibi, a transvestite who works in a cabaret and José Maria goes to work with her. He is not José Maria anymore, but Maria José. In the cabaret, he falls in love with Durán, the owner of the bar. Durán, reluctant at the beginning, nevertheless starts a relationship with Maria José, who wants to go all the way, and plans to travel to London to have a sex change operation.
Cast
- Victoria Abril as José María/ María José
- Lou Castel as Durán
- Fernando Sancho as José Maria's father
- Rafaela Aparicio as Pilar
- Daniel Martin as Pedro
- Montserrat Carulla as José Maria's mother
- Bibi Andersen as Bibi
- Mario Gas as Alvaro
- Maria Elias as Lolita