Boston LGBT Film Festival 2012 Special Events: Senorita
Brattle Theatre
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Saturday, May 5, 2012
Boston LGBT Film Festival 2012 Special Events: Senorita
at 4:00 PM Director & Star Vincent Sandoval in Person!Buy Tickets
Tickets $10/$8 Students, Seniors, Brattle Members | No Brattle Passes
Directed by Vincent Sandoval, 2009, Philipines, 99 min. In Tagalog with English subtitles.
Wanting to quit prostitution in Manila and start a new life, Sofia, a transgender woman, gets her chance when an old friend asks her to look after her twelve year-old son, Tomas, while she works overseas for a year. Sofia packs her bags and moves to the small town of Talisay where she becomes Donna, taking care of Tomas. As she’s about to settle into this quiet, idyllic life, the past inevitably creeps back up and she discovers that the town’s mayor Tiongson, who is seeking re-election, is a crony of Verano, one of her regular clients back in Manila. Determined to erase any trace of her past, Donna discreetly hatches a plan to remove Tiongson from power and rid the town of Verano’s influence.
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