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Mint a méhecskék (Just like bees)
Film
Title of the film
Original title:
Mint a méhecskék
English title:
Just like bees
Hungarian title:
Mint a méhecskék
Production and shooting info
Country of the production:
Hungary - hu
Year of production:
2004
Year of shooting:
2004
Length of the film:
43 min
Colouring:
colour
Recording format:
DV
Original language:
Hungarian
Language of subtitle:
English
Description of the content
Gina and Pusi have been „married” for ten years. Both were born as men, but still „living” as females. Gina grew up in a state care and got to know her mother at the age of twenty. She has lived for a while by foster parents, but was taken back to state care ones her homosexuality became evident. There she realised being a Roma. At the beginning of the film they are at a day care shelter waiting for the seconds. After finishing eating they go home and Gina (Gyula) changes before our very eyes from a toothless, bristly, untidy man into a pretty and attractive woman, ready for the night „action”. While we are witnesses of this extraordinary metamorphosis, we get to know an extremely kind and lovable person. Despite being constantly bothered by the police, laughed out, ridiculed and humiliated, Gina keeps on carrying her „difference” bravely in this hostile and
Credits
Director:
Katalin Fógel
Expert:
Márta Elbert
Producer:
Márta Elbert
Riporter:
Laura Baranyi
Cinematographer:
Róbert Bordás
Editor:
Júlia Kende
Company / Institution
Production:
Fekete Doboz Alapítvány
Ethnicity and locality
Etnic group:
Gypsy
Continent:
Central Europe
Country:
Hungary - hu
Location
(City, village, region, mountains, etc.):
Budapest
Tipology
Type:
non-fiction film
Form:
documentary film
Related sciences
Keyword:
identity
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