Orlando, My Political Biography (2023)

Original title

Orlando, ma biographie politique

Directed by

Paul B. Preciado

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The director gathers 26 trans and non-binary people to reinterpret Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando. Each person takes on the character to share their own experiences of gender identity.

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What happens

Orlando, My Political Biography (French: Orlando, ma biographie politique) is a 2023 French documentary film directed by Paul B. Preciado. Preciado organizes a casting and brings together 26 contemporary trans and non-binary people, aged 8 to 70, to bring out Orlando of Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel Orlando: A Biography. It was selected in Encounter at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 18 February 2023. The film was also nominated for Berlinale Documentary Film Award, and won the Teddy Award for the Best Documentary Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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