The Amazing Truth about Queen Raquela

Director: Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
Cast: Raquela Rios, Stefan Schaefer, Via Galudo, Brax Villa, Valerie Grand Einarsson
Format: HDCam   Runtime: 80 minutes
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screening in: Emerging Visions

Screening Times

6:30 PM, Friday March 7th - Alamo Lamar 1
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1:30 PM, Wednesday March 12th - Alamo Lamar 1
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4:00 PM, Friday March 14th - Alamo Lamar 1
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Synopsis:
Raquela is a transsexual from the Philippines who dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris. In order to make her dreams come true, she turns from prostitution toward the more lucrative business of Internet porn. Her success as a porn star brings new friends, including Valerie, a ladyboy in Iceland, and Michael, the owner of the website Raquela works for. Valerie helps Raquela get as far as Iceland. From there, Michael offers her a rendezvous in Paris. Will Paris be everything she dreamed of? And will Michael turn out to be her Prince Charming?

Director's Bio:
Olaf de Fleur studied physics in Reykjavik, graduating in 1995. Since then he has participated in numerous film projects, including both feature and documentary films. After working for two years for a production company, focusing primarily on TV documentaries, he founded the independent production company Poppoli Pictures. Headed by Johannesson as director and producer, the team created Blindsker that won the "Best Documentary" in the Icelandic Film Awards 2004 and Africa United that won the same prize in 2005.