Princesa (film)

Not to be confused with Princesas, a 2005 film.

Princesa is a 2001 film directed by Henrique Goldman that tells the story of a transsexual woman, Fernanda, who travels to Milan and works as a prostitute to finance her sex reassignment surgery. The film was inspired by a book of the same name written by Maurizio Janelli and Fernanda Farias de Albuquerque.

Princesa
Directed by	Henrique Goldman
Written by	Ellis Freeman Henrique Goldman
Produced by	Rebecca O'Brien
Starring	Ingrid de Souza Cesare Bocci
Cinematography	Guillermo Escalon
Edited by	Kerry Kohler
Music by	Giovanni Venosta
Distributed by	BIM Distribuzione
Release dates	23 January 2001 (2001-01-23) (Sundance) 1 June 2001 (2001-06-01)
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	Italy Spain
Languages	Italian Portuguese

Unlike in real life, Fernanda Farias de Albuquerque in the film is able to overcome her hardships, whereas in real life de Albuquerque died by suicide in 2000 after being deported to her native Brazil. The film did not achieve initial success, but won an award for the best foreign film in the Outfest festival in Los Angeles.

Cast

• Ingrid de Souza as Fernanda
• Cesare Bocci as Gianni
• Lulu Pecorari as Karin
• Mauro Pirovano as Fabrizio
• Biba Lerhue as Charlo
• Sonia Morgan as Fofao
• Alessandra Acciai as Lidia
• Egidio Cardillo as Cliente

External links

• Princesa at IMDb
• Princesa at AllMovie
• Princesa at Rotten Tomatoes
• Princesa at Metacritic