Octavio Is Dead! (2018)

Directed by

Sook-Yin Lee

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

16

Rating

4.1 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman inherits her estranged father's belongings after his death. She goes to his apartment and finds his ghost still there. He guides her as she explores her identity and becomes attracted to a gay student who sees her as a man.

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What happens

Octavio Is Dead! is a 2018 Canadian supernatural drama film written and directed by Sook-Yin Lee. It premiered on June 2, 2018 at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival before going into theatrical release on June 22. The film stars Sarah Gadon as Tyler, a young woman who unexpectedly inherits all of her estranged father Octavio's (Raoul Trujillo) possessions after his death. Over the objections of her domineering mother Joan (Rosanna Arquette), she goes to the apartment, only to discover that her father is still present there as a ghost who leads her through a complex exploration of her sexual and personal identity. While wearing her father's clothes, she meets and becomes attracted to Apostolis (Dimitris Kitsos), a gay university student who perceives her as a man. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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