No. 14 (2018) A Fantastic Woman February 10th.

Film No 14 (2018) February 10th.  10:45 PM  LUNA PALACE Leederville . 

"You won't go to the funeral or the wake, is that clear." (The first of many orders barked by Sonia at Marina after the death of ex-husband Orlando).

Marina Vidal played by the multi-talented Daniela Vega captures our admiration early on in A Fantastic Woman. She loves Orlando (Francisco Reyes) an older man with a complicated life. She has recently moved into his apartment in downtown Santiago, their love for one another is genuine and passionate however at the peak of their devotion Orlando's life is taken suddenly by an aneurysm . Vega, herself a highly respected Chilean transgender actor and model, plays a transgender singer here, yearning to grieve but stifled at every turn by a family (Orlando's) hellbent on wishing her away at the wave of a hand. Vega dignifies Maria with such uniqueness A Fantastic Woman is a raw gem of a film. Chile could well be in raptures during this year's Oscars. It's favoured to take out best Foreign Feature.  10GUMS.