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Virginia Woolf’s Orlando tells the story of a young man who grows up to become a 36-year-old woman. Almost a century after...
Virginia Woolf’s Orlando tells the story of a young man who grows up to become a 36-year-old woman. Almost a century after its publication, filmmaker Paul B. Preciado speaks to Virginia Woolf to tell her that her fictional character has become a reality.
The transition of Orlando’s body now lies at the root of all non-binary bodies and there are Orlandos all over the world. Through the authentic voices of other young bodies undergoing metamorphosis, Preciado retraces the stages of his personal transformation through a poetic journey in which life, writing, theory and image merge freely in the search for truth. Every Orlando, he says, is a transgender person who is risking his, her or their life on a daily basis as they find themselves forced to confront government laws, history and psychiatry, as well as traditional notions of the family and the power of multinational pharmaceutical companies.
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94 %51 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
80 %5 reviewsAudience score rating
"(A) generous and buoyant inquiry into institution and identity."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"As nimble in presenting abstracted gender theorisations as it is in capturing moving emotional truths."
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Variety
Variety"Playful but challenging, moving and meticulous, this is a film that sees pigeonholes as something we should all fly away from."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"Preciado’s lightness of touch and intellectual nimbleness buoys the movie, lifting both it and you."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"(An) entertaining manifesto."
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Financial Times
Financial Times"Aptly languishes in an undefinable interstitial space."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"A playful and cerebral doc."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"It's a work of fertile imagination that takes every step confidently, even if it isn't certain where it will lead."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"Playful and rousing."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"The film might occasionally feel a bit self-conscious, but in a way this is a by-product of (its) experimental nature."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Preciado doesn’t find perfect answers, but presents beautiful resonances."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"The film is at its best when it turns back to the text."
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AutostraddleOrlando, My Political Biography | Details
Award winner- Best Documentary/Essay Film, Encounters Award & Tagesspiegel Readers' Jury Award, at Berlin Film Festival 2023.
- Rating
- 12A, discrimination, sexual violence references, sex references, strong language
- Runtime
- 99
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- France
