We're in Almodovar territory here, only somehow without the emotional intensity. Not sure why, it's not the story line or even the cinematography...maybe Almodovar gets more out of his actors, or just has better ones. This is a Chilean film, about youngish trans person in a relationship with a middle-aged man (he's left his wife and family and moved to a flat with the trans person), and then the man dies suddenly and the family come to reclaim both his property and his memory. The man's brother is sympathetic to the trans person, the rest of the family much less so. It's sensitive (and mainly the Chileans come across as sensitive and intelligent about the situation too), but there was something lacking, though I can't exactly say what.
Watched via nformal distribution and laptop.
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