Brief Story from the Green Planet (2019)

Original title

Breve historia del planeta verde

Directed by

Santiago Loza

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Argentina, Germany, Brazil, Spain

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young transgender woman mourns her grandmother and finds out she was caring for an alien. She and two friends travel to return the creature to its home.

slow-burngentlemelancholictenderquirkydreamlikeintimatepoignant

What happens

Brief Story from the Green Planet (Spanish: Breve historia del planeta verde) is a 2019 internationally co-produced science fiction adventure film directed by Argentine filmmaker Santiago Loza. The film centres on Tania (Romina Escobar), a young transgender woman mourning the recent death of her grandmother, who discovers that her grandmother was taking care of an extraterrestrial alien and embarks on a quest with her longtime friends Daniela (Paula Grinszpan) and Pedro (Luis Sodá) to return the creature to where it was originally found. The film is an international co-production between Argentina, Brazil, Germany and Spain. The film premiered at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival, where it won the Teddy Award for best LGBTQ-themed feature film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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