The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela is a 2008 drama film directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson.
Premise Raquela, a Filipino transsexual prostitute, dreams of making a new life in Paris. She becomes an Internet porn star and meets Valerie, an Icelandic transsexual, and Michael, the owner of the website she works for.
Cast Raquela Rios as Herself Stefan Schaefer as Ardilo, Michael Olivia Galudo as Olivia Brax Villa as Aubrey Valerie Grand Einarsson as Valerie Einarsson
Distribution and reception The film showed at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film. It has been screened in the Emerging Visions section of the 2008 South by Southwest festival in the United States.
It received the Grand Jury Prize in the 10th 2008 Cinemanila International Film Festival at Malacañan Palace's Kalayaan Hall. www.screendaily.com, The Band's Visit takes top prize at Cinemanila fest
References
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