Change of Sex

Change of Sex
Cambio de Sexo
Directed by Vicente Aranda
Produced by Jaime Fernandez Cid
Written by Vicente Aranda
Joaquin Jordá
Carlos Durán
Starring Victoria Abril
Lou Castel
Fernando Sancho
Rafaela Aparicio
Bibí Andersen
Music by Ricardo Miralles
Cinematography Néstor Almendros
José Luis Alcaine
Editing by Maricel Bautista
Distributed by Morgana Films
Release date(s) Spain May 13, 1977
Running time 108 minutes
Country Spain
Language Spanish

Sex Change (Spanish: Cambio de Sexo) is a 1976 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda. It stars Victoria Abril. The film dramatizes the story of a young effeminate boy, who moves to the city to explore his desire to become a woman.

Synopsis

In a small town, José Maria, a teenager had a big problem he feels that inside of him he is really a woman. His family environment makes things more difficult for him. His rude father is a male chauvinist who afraid of his son softness put him to work chopping wood and tries to force him to have sex with a prostitute. However, José Maria flees from that adventure feeling guilty. He escapes to the city where he tries to be accepted as woman with tragic results. While working as a hair dresser he meets, Bibi, a transvestite who works in a cabaret and José Maria goes to work with her. He is not José Maria anymore, but Maria José. In the cabaret, he falls in love with Durán, the owner of the bar. Durán, reluctant at the beginning, nevertheless starts a relationship with Maria José, who wants to go all the way, and plans to travel to London to have a sex change operation.

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External links

v · d · eThe films of Vicente Aranda
1960s
Brillante Porvenir (1964) • Fata Morgana (1965) • The Exquisite Cadaver (1969)
1970s
The Blood Spattered Bride (1972) • Clara is the Price (1974) • Change of Sex (1976)
1980s
Girl with the Golden Panties (1980) • Murder in the Central Committee (1982) • Fanny Strawhair (1984) • Captain Sánchez’s Crime (1984) • Time of Silence (1986) • El Lute: Run for Your Life (1987) • El Lute II: Tomorrow I’ll be Free (1988) • If They Tell You I Fell (1989)
1990s
Riders of the Dawn (1990) • Lovers (1991) • The Bilingual Lover (1993) • Intruder (1993) • The Turkish Passion (1994) • Libertarias (1996) • The Naked Eye (1998) • Jealousy (1999)
2000s
Mad Love (2001) • Carmen (2003) • The Maidens' Conspiracy (2006) • Lolita's Club (2007) • Luna Caliente (2009)

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