Change of Sex

Cambio de Sexo
Cambio de Sexo
Directed by	Vicente Aranda
Written by	Vicente Aranda; Joaquin Jordá; Carlos Durán
Produced by	Jaime Fernandez Cid
Starring	Victoria Abril; Lou Castel; Fernando Sancho; Rafaela Aparicio; Bibí Andersen
Cinematography	Néstor Almendros; José Luis Alcaine
Edited by	Maricel Bautista
Music by	Ricardo Miralles
Distributed by	Morgana Films
Release date	13 May 1977;
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 as José Maria. The film dramatizes the story of a young feminine boy, who moves to the city to explore his desire to become a woman.

Synopsis[]

In a small town outside of Barcelona, Spain, José Maria is a teenager with a big problem, he imagines that he is really a woman. While he begins to show his desire to be a woman through his appearance, the reactions within his household make things more difficult for him. His rude father is a male chauvinist who, afraid of his son's softness, puts him to work chopping wood. Then, his father takes him to a cabaret show, to expose José Maria to women. However at a show, José Maria is exposed to a dancer named Bibi, who is a transgender woman, for the first time. After the show, his father tries to force José Maria to have sex with a prostitute, but he refuses.^[1] José Maria flees from there feeling guilty. He escapes to the city where he tries to be accepted as a woman with tragic results. While working as a hairdresser, he meets Bibi, the trans woman who works at the cabaret and José Maria goes to work with her. In the show, he is not José Maria anymore, but Maria José. At 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 Martín as Pedro
Montserrat Carulla as José Maria's mother
Bibi Andersen as Bibí
Mario Gas as Álvaro
Maria Elías as Lolita

References[]

^ "Archived copy". www.homocine.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

Change of Sex at IMDb

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[1] "Archived copy". www.homocine.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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