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5.1/10
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|14 min
Release Date: 2019-10-11
Overview - In Córdoba, far from the Argentine capital, the end of a military regime promises a spring that is all too brief. “La Delpi” is the only survivor of a group of friends who are transgender women and drag-queens, who began to die of aids in the late 80s. In a Catholic and conservative city, the Grupo Kalas made their weapons and trenches out of improvised dresses and lip-syncing. Today the images of unique and unknown footage are not only a farewell letter, but a manifesto to friendship.
Production Companies
Soppa SonidoPolo Audiovisual CórdobaMinisterio de Industria, Comercio y MineríaGobierno de Córdoba Entre TodosVFX BoatFondo Nacional de las Artes
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CinemaSerf
7/10
"La Delpi" introduces us to some of her fellow drag artists in the Argentinian city of Córdoba just as the last of the juntas bite the dust. Shot on what's clearly a VHS video, we are now shown some brief, seemingly random, clips of her community and of a broader gay one at work and at play. Their lives a fantasy of complexities - they even have their very own" Ivana" - when compared with the igno...
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