| I was invited to attend the screening of 20 Centimetres at the closing gala of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. I had no idea what the movie was about but judging by the title, and the nature of the film festival, I was pretty sure it had something to do with a penis.I wasn’t mistaken.Now I go to a lot of movies. Sometimes three or four a week and sometimes I’ll see the same movie twice in the theatre. Rarely though, does a movie affect me like 20 Centimetres has. Perhaps because of all the parallels I can draw from the movie and my own life.Here's how the Vancouver Queer Film Fest describes 20 Centimetres.Marieta, (Mónica Cervera) a narcoleptic pre-op transsexual, has a pesky problem. Mightily endowed with a 20-centimetre member (that's eight inches!), she dreams of a glamorous post-op life. Prone to falling asleep at the most inopportune of times, Marieta's fantasies have a way of sneaking up: in her dozing, she becomes the star of lavish, extravagantly choreographed ... |
