Venus

Genders, generations and cultures collide in this comedy about the modern family unit. A South Asian transgender woman sees her life flipped on its head when she meets a “white” teenaged son she didn’t know she had. Montrealer filmmaker Eisha Marjara gives a fresh take in her directing style, delivering a resounding plea for casting off gender stereotypes.

When fourteen-year-old Ralph tracks down his biological father, he gets more than he bargained for. Sid (Debargo Sanyal), of Indian heritage, is now a woman. Ralph’s reaction? “Cool!”

The kid takes to hanging out at Sid’s apartment through the summer. It’s a learning experience for both of them. Sid, who has only recently come out, is transitioning and she has enough on her plate with her own parents (Zena Daruwalla and Gordon Warnecke), and her on-again, off-again boyfriend. Meanwhile Ralph hasn’t plucked up the courage to tell his mother and stepdad what he’s been up to, or more to the point, with whom…

s.-t. français: Venus

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