A Fantastic Woman

"My name is Marina Vidal. Do you have any problem with that?"

2017 1h 44m ES

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 759

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Marina's life is thrown into turmoil following the death of her partner. Mourning the loss of the man she loved, she finds herself under intense scrutiny from those with no regard for her privacy.

“My name is Marina Vidal. Do you have any problem with that?”

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Cast

Daniela Vega
Marina Vidal
Francisco Reyes
Orlando
Luis Gnecco
Gabo
Aline Küppenheim
Sonia
Nicolás Saavedra
Bruno
Amparo Noguera
Adriana
Néstor Cantillana
Gaston
Alejandro Goic
Doctor

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sebastián Lelio
Writers: Sebastián Lelio, Gonzalo Maza
Languages: Spanish
Countries: Chile, Germany, Spain, United States of America

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: Chile, Germany, Spain, United States of America.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sebastián Lelio, shot by Benjamín Echazarreta. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Matthew Herbert. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Soledad Salfate shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Daniela Vega and Francisco Reyes and Luis Gnecco carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "My name is Marina Vidal. Do you have any problem with that?".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5639354 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Sebastián Lelio directs. Benjamín Echazarreta behind the camera. Matthew Herbert scores. Soledad Salfate cuts. Produced in Chile, Germany, Spain, United States of America. Dialogue in Spanish.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 9 years ago.
2International production across 4 countries: Chile, Germany, Spain, United States of America.
3Directed by Sebastián Lelio, shot by Benjamín Echazarreta. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Matthew Herbert. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Soledad Salfate shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Daniela Vega and Francisco Reyes and Luis Gnecco carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "My name is Marina Vidal. Do you have any problem with that?".
8IMDB entry: tt5639354 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "waitress", "loss", "chile", "singer".

The technical file

Cinematography: Benjamín Echazarreta
Original score: Matthew Herbert
Editing: Soledad Salfate
Costume design: Muriel Parra
Sound: Tina Laschke
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $1,880,736
Original language: ES
Certification (US): R
IMDB: A Fantastic Woman (2017)

Awards

Teddy Award
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film
Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay

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Crazypiglady2023-01-10
★ 8/10
A very genuine and honest feeling film, It felt very natural even if uncomfortable in places. A slender plot but that wasn’t the point. The point was human interest, the characterisation and the vulnerability, strength and resilience of Marina in what was a very emotional story for her. Simply and convincingly delivered by the captivating performances of Reyes and particularly Daniela Vega who took this film to a higher plane. Lelio’s direction is beautiful, tenderly and sensitively executed. 8/10
CinemaSerf2025-03-02
★ 7/10
Without being in the least graphic nor particularly violent, this is still quite a harrowing watch. It’s all centred on the story of “Marina” (Daniela Vega). She’s a trans nightclub performer who just happens to be in a loving relationship with the older, and wealthier, “Orlando” (Francisco Reyes). They have a night of rough and tumble after celebrating her birthday but it turns out that his ticker isn’t so great and she ends up having to rush him to the hospital. Once there, the expected tragedy strikes them but believe it or not, that is just the start of her problems as the police begin to probe and question her explanation of events whilst his family take a view that she can just go to hell. Gradually, as she becomes more and more exposed to the thoughtless cruelty and loneliness - not to mention her own feelings of grief and despair - we begin to share in her hopelessness. There’s not so much original about the plot here, it’s a story that has been told in various guises many times before, but the effort from Vega is borderline visceral as her character finds herself almost under siege from an array of people she didn’t know but who chose not to believe that she could ever have loved “Orlando” or been loved by him in return. It’s a pretty scathing indictment of societal attitudes to trans people, certainly, but it’s also fairly brutal to those where there is an age gap, a wealth gap, indeed just about anyone who doesn’t conform to the norms. The police, here, are especially vicious but that’s due, as much as anything, to their unsympathetic indifference to her own plight. The production is not the best, it has to be said, and neither the editing nor the camerawork are anyone’s finest work, but the story has a truth to it that’s touching, infuriating and worth a watch.