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In Córdoba, far from the Argentine capital, the end of a military regime promises a spring that is all too brief. “La Delpi” is the only survivor of a group of friends who are transgender women and drag-queens, who began to die of aids in the late 80s. In a Catholic and conservative city, the Grupo Kalas made their weapons and trenches out of improvised dresses and lip-syncing. Today the images of unique and unknown footage are not only a farewell letter, but a manifesto to friendship.

Release Date : 2019-10-11

Language :ItalianSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Soppa SonidoPolo Audiovisual CórdobaMinisterio de Industria, Comercio y MineríaGobierno de Córdoba Entre TodosVFX BoatFondo Nacional de las ArtesGVProMAMAQ

Production Country : Argentina

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Cast

Character Name : La Gallega

Original Name : Marcos García

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self

Original Name : La Delpi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mario

Original Name : Martín Shanly

Gender : Male

Character Name : El Turco

Original Name : Marcos Caceres

Gender : Male

Character Name : La Dupuy

Original Name : Dana Colazo

Gender : Male

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@Geronimo1967

2024-04-13

"La Delpi" introduces us to some of her fellow drag artists in the Argentinian city of Córdoba just as the last of the juntas bite the dust. Shot on what's clearly a VHS video, we are now shown some brief, seemingly random, clips of her community and of a broader gay one at work and at play. Their lives a fantasy of complexities - they even have their very own" Ivana" - when compared with the ignorance and hostility that still prevailed outside in what was still a very politically conservative city struggling to deal with AIDS. They have fund raisers when the drugs arrive, finally, in the mid 1990s, but by then many are sick, terminally ill - and the conclusion offers us a truly touching and quite emotional on-stage performance - Italian style. There's no structured narrative as such to this short documentary, it's a bit like a video diary that we can appreciate for what it is - a truth, and quite a toxic one at that.