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'Change of Sex' or 'Sex Change' is a 1976 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda. It stars Victoria Abril as Jos Maria. The film dramatizes the story of a young feminine boy, who moves to the city to explore his desire to become a woman.

Synopsis



In a small town outside of Barcelona, Spain, Jos Maria is a teenager with a big problem, he imagines that he is really a woman. While he begins to show his desire to be a woman through his appearance, the reactions within his household make things more difficult for him. His rude father is a male chauvinist who, afraid of his son's softness, puts him to work chopping wood. Then, his father takes him to a cabaret show, to expose Jos Maria to women. However at a show, Jos Maria is exposed to a dancer named Bibi, who is a transgender woman, for the first time. After the show, his father tries to force Jos Maria to have sex with a prostitute, but he refuses. Jos Maria flees from there feeling guilty. He escapes to the city where he tries to be accepted as a woman with tragic results. While working as a hairdresser, he meets Bibi, the trans woman who works at the cabaret and Jos Maria goes to work with her. In the show, he is not Jos Maria anymore, but Maria Jos. At the cabaret, he falls in love with Durn, the owner of the bar. Durn, reluctant at the beginning, nevertheless starts a relationship with Maria Jos, who wants to go all the way, and plans to travel to London to have a sex change operation.

Cast



* Victoria Abril as Jos Mara/Mara Jos

* Lou Castel as Durn

* Fernando Sancho as Jos Maria's father

* Rafaela Aparicio as Pilar

* Daniel Martn as Pedro

* Montserrat Carulla as Jos Maria's mother

* Bibi Andersen as Bib

* Mario Gas as lvaro

* Maria Elas as Lolita

References






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