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The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela (2008)
Directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
“A Cinderella story...”
Documentary, Drama · 1h 20m
Raquela is a transsexual, or lady boy, from the Philippines, who dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris. In order to make her dreams come true, she turns from prostitution toward the more lucrative business of Internet porn. Her success as a porn star brings new friends, including Valerie, a lady boy in Iceland, and Michael, the owner of the website Raquela works for. Valerie helps Raquela get as far as Iceland. From there, Michael offers her a rendezvous in Paris. Will Paris be everything she dreamed of? And will Michael turn out to be her Prince Charming?
Cast
Stefan C. Schaefer
Crew
- Director
- Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
Details
- Original title
- Hinn undursamlegi sannleikur um Raquelu drottningu
- Release date
- 2008-03-07
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Original language
- TH
- Spoken languages
- Icelandic, Thai, English
- Countries
- Iceland, Philippines
- Budget
- $400,000
- Box office
- $5,255