Pojktanten

Sep 7 2012 N/A 1h 15m
Documentary

Caught between two genders, the artist Eli Leven and Ester Martin Bergsmark touch and caress each other, while they bath together in clouds of steam. A persuasive voice-off describes the often hard and painful growing process, which led them to choose to be neither males nor females. But something else entirely. While memories of adolescences scarred by homophobia and discrimination are presented, the audience is also captivated by poetic evocations of bodies, of snowy woods, water, nature, and snails: the symbol of androgyny. This movie moves the audience profoundly. It is a hymn to sexual fluidity, which reveals the search for the true self, rendered through the use of contrasting, vivid, and often acid bright photography. Intended as a television portrait of the transgender artist Eli Leven, it is a psychedelic docu-fiction, a hybrid movie inspired by Derek Jarman's Sebastian.

Plot

When Ester meets Eli he recognized himself for the 1st time, and later they are lovers. In this very personal, sensual, colorful and genre- and gender-breaking documentary movie about love, you'll see how important it is to find real love.

Written by

Ester Martin Bergsmark

Directed by

Ester Martin Bergsmark

Cast

Juli Apponen, Sebastian Bendefors, Ester Martin Bergsmark

Crew

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Production Countries

Sweden, Denmark

Languages

svenska

Awards

4 wins & 5 nominations

Trailers
Pojktanten / She Male Snails - TRAILER / Teaser 2 min BIOPREMIÄR 7 september
Featurettes
Pojktanten
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5.6 out of 10
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