Mi novia el...

Mi novia el...
Mi novia el...
	Promotional poster
Directed by	Enrique Cahen Salaberry
Written by	Oscar Viale
Based on	Victor and Victoria
Produced by	Enrique Carreras; Nicolás Carreras
Starring	Alberto Olmedo; Susana Giménez
Cinematography	Oscar Piruzanto
Music by	Buddy McCluskey
Distributed by	Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
Release date	13 March 1975;
Running time	83 minutes
Country	Argentina
Language	Spanish

Mi novia el... (My Girlfriend the...) is a 1975 Argentine comedy film.^[1] The original title, Mi novia el travesti ("My Girlfriend the Transvestite") was edited by Argentine censors when the film was first released. The original script was about a real travesti supposed to be protagonized by Jorge Perez, a famous travesti under the name of Jorge Perez Evelyn. However, the censorship was so strong that the script was changed and Perez was replaced with actress Susana Giménez.

The plot is based on the 1933 German film Victor and Victoria.

Plot

Alberto is a regular middle-aged man who lives with his elder mother and works at a factory. After a night out where he attends a show by transvestite artist Dominique, he develops an unexpected fixation with the artist. What started out as a loud reaction of disgust and bigotry, slowly turns into him realizing that he is in fact attracted to Dominique. This newfound interest fills Alberto's mind with guilt and doubt, while his coworkers start mocking him for dating a "weirdo", and his family grieve his lost decency. In the midst of Alberto's predicament, a revelation by Dominique will shake the board.

Cast

Alberto Olmedo as Alberto aka Laucha
Susana Giménez as Dominique/María Isabel
Cacho Espíndola as Lince
Tristán as Alfonso
Marcos Zucker as Serafín
Tincho Zabala as Gustavo aka Tordo
María Rosa Fugazot as Delia
Menchu Quesada as Alberto's Mother
Nené Malbrán as Margarita
Adolfo Linvel as Don Francisco
Alita Román as María Isabel's Mother
Pedro Quartucci as María Isabel's Father
Pablo Cumo
Ricardo Jordán
Constanza Maral as Alberto's coworker
Daniel Miglioranza as Alberto's coworker
Alfonso Pícaro as Amigo despedida soltero
Raúl Ricutti
Jorge Porcel

References

^ "Mi novia el... (1975)" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2010.

External links

Mi novia el... at IMDb

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[1] "Mi novia el... (1975)" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2010.

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