Friday, 14 February 2014

The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela is a 2008 drama film directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson.

Plot
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.


CastE
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

Directed byOlaf de Fleur Johannesson
Produced byArleen Cuevas
Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
Stefan C. Schaefer
Helgi Sverrisson
Written byOlaf de Fleur Johannesson
Benedikt Jóhannesson
Music byPavel E. Smid
CinematographyRune Kippervik
Butch Maddul
Ragnar Santos
Editing byBenedikt Jóhannesson
Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
Dagur Kári
Distributed byPoppoli Pictures
Release dates10 February 2008 (Berlin International Film Festival)
Running time90 minutes (orig.); 80 minutes
CountryIceland
Philippines
France
Thailand
LanguageIcelandic
Visayan
English
Thai
Budget$400,000 (estimated)

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