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Concession tickets include students, senior citizens and Special ID Holders (SID).
Marina u Orlando huma mħabbtin u qed jippjanaw il-futur flimkien. Marina hija żagħżugħa li taħdem bħala waitress u taspira li ssir kantanta. Orlando għoxrin sena akbar minnha u huwa sid ta’ kumpanija tal-istampar.
Wara li jiċċelebraw il-birthday ta’ Marina f’lejla waħda, Orlando safa serjament marid. Marina tieħdu malajr l-isptar, iżda hu jmut ftit wara li jaslu hemmhekk. Minflok ma tkun tista’ tibki lill-maħbub tagħha, f’daqqa waħda Marina tibda tiġi ttrattata b’suspett.
L-ex-mara ta’ Orlando tipprojbixxiha milli tattendi l-funeral. U biex tagħmilha agħar, iben Orlando jhedded li jwarrab lil Marina mid-dar li kienet taqsam ma’ missieru. Marina hija mara trans u għall-maġġoranza tal-familja ta’ Orlando, l-identità sesswali tagħha hija meqjusa bħala aberrazzjoni u perverżjoni.
Għalhekk Marina tissielet għad-dritt li tgħix ħajjitha hi min hi. Taffaċċja l-istess forzi li ilha tiġġieled matul ħajjitha kollha, biss biex issir il-mara li hi llum, mara kumplessa, b’saħħitha, diretta u tassew straordinarja.
Wara l-film ser isseħħ sensiela ta' mistoqsijiet u tweġibiet ma’ Alex Caruana u Aurora Coleiro mill-MGRM u Cathleen Tanti minn Spazju Kreattiv.
Marina and Orlando are in love and planning for the future.Marina is a young waitress and aspiring singer. Orlando is 20 years older than her, and owns a printing company.
After celebrating Marina's birthday one evening, Orlando falls seriously ill. Marina rushes him to the emergency room, but he passes away just after arriving at the hospital.
Instead of being able to mourn her lover, suddenly Marina is treated with suspicion. Orlando's ex-wife forbids her from attending the funeral. And to make matters worse, Orlando's son threatens to throw Marina out of the flat she shared with Orlando.
Marina is a trans woman and for most of Orlando's family, her sexual identity is an aberration, a perversion.
So Marina struggles for the right to be herself. She battles the very same forces that she has spent a lifetime fighting just to become the woman she is now - a complex, strong, forthright and fantastic woman.
"It may be a timely film, but it is its timelessness, as well as its depths of compassion, that qualify it as a great one." The Guardian
A post film discussion will follow with Alex Caruana and Aurora Coleiro from MGRM and Cathleen Tanti from Spazju Kreattiv.
December 9@7:30 pm
December 10@7:30 pm - December 11@9:30 pm
December 12@7:30 pm