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02/09/06
Princesa (2001)
71 %
Reviews Counted: 21 Fresh: 15 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 5.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Synopsis: This Italian film from director Henrique Goldman traces the journey of teenage transsexual Fernanda (Ingrid de Souza) as she heads from her native Brazil to the seedy world of Italy's transsexual prostitution scene. Unlike most of her fellow prostitutes, Fernanda's most cherished desire... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Ingrid de Souza, Lulu Pecorari, Cesare Bocci
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With its warm humour and gritty realism, it's like a combination of the two extremes in the prostitute genre: Nights of Cabiria meets Pretty Woman!
09/19/04
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07/21/05
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Whatever [Fernanda] was like, this movie is a fantastic tribute to her.
12/08/02
Fernanda’s trials and lessons are ticked off with a brisk, businesslike air that leaves little time for emotional and character development.
10/14/02
[L]ed by the wooden, unattractive Ingrid de Souza as Fernanda, the film has no place to go but down.
03/15/02
It's all quite the soap opera, made all the more melodramatic because it's a quasi-true story.
01/27/02
Squanders a colorful setting and characters with uninspired acting and direction.
01/14/02
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Fernanda's life unfolds with discretion, compassion and humor under the sensitive yet lively direction of Goldman.
01/11/02
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The film suffers from a 'based-on-a- true-story' tag, and it not only polishes up the truth but also crushes everything down to soap-opera melodrama.
01/06/02
A sympathetic look at what it's like to be a Brazilian transsexual prostitute working in Milan.
01/04/02
Up until its oddly flat ending, Princesa is an honest depiction of the way dreams can backfire.
12/17/01
[Goldman] tells Princesa's story with admirable simplicity, carefully skirting away from any easy sentimentality or victimization.
12/09/01
Manages to tell its story (based on a real character) with great sensitivity.
12/07/01
Deliberately non-gritty but still humane and loving in its depiction of people who don't fit into traditional categories of male/female and whore/john.
12/07/01
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