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Swan (The)

Country: Mexico, Language: Spanish, 23 mins

Original Title

El Cisne
  • Director: Daniel Chávez Ontiveros
  • Writer: Daniel Chávez Ontiveros
  • Producer: Daniel Chávez Ontiveros; Eréndira Olivera Benítez

CGiii Comment

There's nothing quite like watching a family squirm in front of a camera! In this case, it's the father...obviously, uncomfortable with the whole filming thing...this is yet another self-centred trans-coming-home story.

It's a boring film, an unnecessary film.


Trailer...

El Cisne (The Swan) (2016, dir. Daniel Chávez Ontiveros) - Trailer from Stanford MFA in Documentary Film on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

After a long period of absence, Sthefany decides to go back home in Mexico to confront her parents about her gender identity.