A Fantastic Woman

A Hornsey Library Silent Cinema screening of 'A Fantastic Woman' (2017) - 15. Screened as part of a series of films celebrating Women's History Month showing throughout March 2024. 'Marina is a waitress and aspiring singer. Orlando is 20 years older than her, and owns a printing company. They are in love and planning for the future. After celebrating Marina's birthday one evening, Orlando falls ill. Marina rushes him to the emergency room, but he passes away just after arriving at the hospital. Instead of being able to mourn her lover, suddenly Marina is treated with suspicion. The doctors and Orlando's family don't trust her. A woman detective investigates Marina to see if she was involved in his death. Orlando's ex-wife forbids her from attending the funeral. And to make matters worse, Orlando s son threatens to throw Marina out of the flat she shared with Orlando. Marina is a trans woman and for most of Orlando's family, her gender identity is an aberration, a perversion. So Marina struggles for the right to be herself. She battles the very same forces that she has spent a lifetime fighting just to become the woman she is now a complex, strong, forthright and fantastic.'