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OCT 12-15
2023

October 15, 2022 at 12:00 pm
October 14 to October 23, 2022

My Emptiness and I

After moving from France to Spain, Raphi fantasizes about romances with princes and about starting a traditional family. However, her situation looks nothing like that in reality. She works in a call center in Barcelona, struggles with dates that often turn embarrassing, and is diagnosed by her therapist as having gender dysphoria. We follow this trans woman as she makes her transition during this essential, if confusing, period. We see her in her everyday life, as she talks candidly with colleagues, queer friends, and the men she meets through apps. Despite all the advice she receives, it turns out that it is mostly time and experience that will help her embrace her place in this world.

Co-written by and starring Raphaëlle Pérez, this is the narrative follow-up to director Adrián Silvestre’s ground-breaking hybrid doc Sediments (Damn These Heels 2021), featuring many of the same trans performers and artists.

Directed by: Adrián Silvestre
Film type: Dramatic
Runtime: 98 minutes
Year: 2022
Country: Spain
Rating: Not Rated
Language: Spanish, French
Subtitles: English

Official Selection:

2022 International Film Festival Rotterdam
2022 Outfest Los Angeles

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