Hartford Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Last night I went to the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Film Festival again to watch two Trans movies; Transparents and Another Woman. The first movie was a documentary on Female to Male transsexuals, it was so, so; mainly because of the quality of the DVD. The other movie was great! I rated the movie “5” on the little score cards that they give you for each movie. I found the movie to reflex the lives of the transgendered very accurately and the pain and confusion that we go through. One of the lines that stands out is when the wife asks her why she didn’t tell her before she left her. Lea responds “Because I was afraid.” How very true that statement is, those of you who read my blog regularly know how much I am afraid of losing family and friends.
If you see this movie showing at a local arts cinema or film festival go and watch it, it is well worth the time. I am looking for the DVD of it but so far I have had no luck find on here.

Another Woman
Une Autre Femme

France, 2004, 106 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Drama, Gender, Male-to-Female, Parenting / Family, Transgender
Language: French English Sub-Titles

DIRECTOR: Jerome Foulon

French actress Nathalie Mann is captivating as a woman with the ovarios and heart to reconnect with the family she abandoned a decade ago when she was a miserable man. Can this MTF doctor heal old emotional scars without causing new ones? And what does she do with her own relentless paternal love?
Desperately unhappy, Nicolas left his wife and kids to discover his true nature and never returned. Living under the radar in Geneva, he painstakingly transformed into Léa. Three years after her final surgery, this new woman has the chance to return home to Paris on a work assignment. Reluctant and terrified to face her past, she is nonetheless drawn into the lives of her children.
After concocting a ruse to befriend her daughter Emmy, a budding classical pianist, Léa is suddenly back in her old home meeting her son Lucas, her “widow” Anne and the new man of the house, Pierre. Overwhelmed trying to juggle the truth, Léa eventually comes out to a shocked Anne and declares her intention to claim her paternal rights. Tenuous new connections break as the confused and scared family closes ranks against the intruder.
Legal hassles force Léa to start a more authentic life in Paris, but young Lucas stays curious about her, hoping to find the father he never knew. This inspiring film is a must see for anyone seeking a whole and integrated life. — CAROL HARADA