Documentary, Drama
Raquela is a transsexual, or lady boy, from the Philippines, who dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris. In order to make her dreams come true, she turns from prostitution toward the more lucrative business of Internet porn. Her success as a porn star brings new friends, including Valerie, a lady boy in Iceland, and Michael, the owner of the website Raquela works for. Valerie helps Raquela get as far as Iceland. From there, Michael offers her a rendezvous in Paris. Will Paris be everything she dreamed of? And will Michael turn out to be her Prince Charming?
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
Love & Mercy
Hippocrates
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Badding
Freud: The Secret Passion
Inside the Lines
Frau Eva
Daddy and the Warlord
Underbart är kort - en film om Monica Zetterlund
Dennis Viollet: A United Man
Wer hat Angst vor Sibylle Berg?
Welcome to Iceland
Moa
By Player
The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky
Apuesta con la muerte
One Ticket Please
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IMDB 5.8 | Jan , 2017
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IMDB 5.6 | Apr , 1983
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 1985
Jack Kerouac's life is examined through interviews with his contemporaries and friends including Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and William S. Burroughs. The film also employs dramatic recreations of Kerouac's life beginning with his early childhood.Love & Mercy
IMDB 7.1 | May , 2015
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.Hippocrates
IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 2014
Benjamin is meant to be a great doctor, he’s certain of it. But his first experience as a junior doctor in the hospital ward where his father works doesn’t turn out the way he hoped it would. Responsibility is overwhelming, his father is all but present, and his co-junior partner, a foreign doctor, is far more experimented than he is. This internship will force Benjamin to confront his limits… and start his way to adulthood.The Program
IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 2015
An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.Badding
IMDB 5.5 | Aug , 2000
The life of Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki, a Finnish singer.Freud: The Secret Passion
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 1962
An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.Inside the Lines
IMDB 5.1 | Jul , 1930
During World War I, German spies will stop at nothing to spy on the allied war plans stored at Gibraltar.Frau Eva
IMDB 0 | Feb , 1916
An ambitious wife spends all of her husband's hard-earned money and then commits suicide out of remorse.Daddy and the Warlord
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2019
In postwar Liberia Clarice Gargard searches the truth concerning her father's dubious connection to warlord Charles Taylor.Underbart är kort - en film om Monica Zetterlund
IMDB 7 | Nov , 2007
A portrait of Swedish jazz singer Monica Zetterlund.Dennis Viollet: A United Man
IMDB 6 | Mar , 2016
Directed by Rachel Viollet, and featuring interviews with soccer legends; Sir Alex Ferguson, Bryan Robson, Denis Law, Nobby Stiles and Paddy Crerand, this inspiring documentary showcases the life of Manchester United and Busby Babe legend Dennis Viollet.Wer hat Angst vor Sibylle Berg?
IMDB 5.2 | Apr , 2016
With precisely articulated turns of phrase, Sibylle Berg - celebrated novelist, playwright and columnist known for her provocations and the sharpness of her comments - takes the film's two directors on an anecdotal and humorous foray through her eventful life.Welcome to Iceland
IMDB 8 | May , 2016
In the desolate Icelandic highlands, two lowbrow lovers lose their ride, a suited suicide his trigger finger, and a nuclear family their center. Losing their way and their reasons, they fall apart while coming together. A drama rich in comedy, arid plains, and empty stomachs.Moa
IMDB 8 | Oct , 1986
The life of the swedish writer Moa Martinson: at the age of 18, Moa marries the stone worker Karl and has five children. The marriage becomes stormy and fringed with tragedies. In the adversities, Moa begins to write about her life. She tells unpleasant truths, and doesn't get much understanding. Her life changes when the books are published in ever larger editions. She can tear herself out of her poverty, but never abandons her origins. In 1929 she remarries the writer Harry Martinson.By Player
IMDB 8 | Dec , 2000
The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the camera as if she is addressing Tonoyama himself, recollecting events in his life. The film focuses on Tonoyama's alcohol dependence and his various sexual relationships, as well as his film work with Shindo.The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky
IMDB 6 | Feb , 1988
A documentary about the life of Andrei Tarkovsky in exile in Western Europe including Italy, Sweden, Germany and France until his sad demise to a fatal cancer.Apuesta con la muerte
IMDB 5 | Jan , 1989
A young man tries to get away from his disfunctional family by working with his friend, a rich boy who lives in excess and sleaze, but he will soon realize how reckless his friend is and that he is submerged in a life of crime, vice and deadly bets.One Ticket Please
IMDB 7.3 | Mar , 2017
A documentary about a 78-year-old Indian woman in New York who is the world's most passionate theatergoer. Nicki Cochrane has been seeing a play every day for more than 25 years, acquiring free tickets using a variety of ingenious means.