- Cambio de Sexo
Infobox_Film
name = Cambio de Sexo
caption =
director =Vicente Aranda
producer = Jaime Fernandez Cid
writer =Vicente Aranda
Joaquin Jordá
starring =Victoria Abril
Lou Castel
Fenando Sancho
Rafaela Aparicio
Bibi Andersen
music =José Nieto
cinematography = nestor almendroz and Jose Luis Alcaine
editing = Maricel Bautista
distributor = Morgana Films
released = flagicon|SpainMarch 13 1976
runtime =
language = Spanish
budget =
runtime = 108 min.
country =Spain
imdb_id = 0074273|" Cambio de Sexo" (English: " Change of Sex") is a 1976 Spanish film, written and directed by
Vicente Aranda . It starsVictoria Abril . The film is an intriguing tale of love and passion with philosophical overtones. The film dramatizes the story of a young effeminate boy, who moves to the city to explore his desire to become a woman.ynopsis
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.
Cast
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Victoria Abril ... José Maria – Maria José
* Lou Castel ... Durán
* Fenando Sancho ... father of José Maria
*Rafaela Aparicio ...Pilar
*Daniel Martin... Pedro
*Montserrat Carulla ... mother of José Maria
*Bibi Andersen ... Bibi
*Mario Gas... AlvaroExternal links
*imdb title|0074273
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