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TRANSAMERICA - Narrative, US, 2005, 103 Minutes |
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Before she became a "desperate housewife", Felicity Huffman gave this riveting bravura performance as a diligent, conservative transsexual woman awaiting her final sexual reassignment surgery in Los Angeles. A phone call from the New York City police reveals that a teen-age son she doesn't know she fathered during her life as a man is now in trouble and looking for his father. When her therapist insists that she confront her past and withholds legal permission for the operation until she has met the boy, she grudgingly agrees and flies to New York. But the boy mistakes her for a social worker and she encourages his misconception, agreeing to take him to LA to find his father. Thus begins a road trip between a rebellious kid and an uptight transsexual that results in a transformational journey for both. Possibly the oddest couple every stuck together in a road movie, TRANSAMERICA is anchored by Felicity Huffman's tour de force performance. (Catherine Wyler)
Director: Duncan
Tucker Linda Moran's career spans both the film and music industries. After forming a partnership with Rene Bastian in Belladonna Productions, her first producing credit was SUE, which won the International Critic's Prize at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival. Since that time, her credits include L.I.E., SWIMMING and FRIENDS AND FAMILY. In addition, she has produced BRINGING RAIN and JAILBAIT through Belladonna. Moran is a recipient of the 2002 Independent Spirits Motorola Producers Award. |