Real Woman
General Information
- Original Title
- Nastoiashchaia zhenshchina
- Author/Creator
- Zhuravleva, Natalia, director.
- Language
- Russian.
- Subtitles
- English
- Published
- Russia, 2002.
- Physical Description
- DVD-ROM (18 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00003487
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- In a northern village in Russia lives a young woman who used to be a man. Rural life imposes strict social roles on the villagers, so what happens to people who do not comply with these expectations? Her father, once head of a collective farm, punished his son for wearing his mother's dress and shoes, and when her father died she felt a sense of relief. In school her classmates laughed at her, trying to understand if she was a boy or a girl. Local doctors could not help. One day she came across an article about sex-change operations and went for it. She was overjoyed to become a woman and thought all her difficulties were over, but the operation did not solve the problems of social adaptation. The decision to become a woman, which came so naturally to the protagonist, leads to isolation and mistrust from men and women alike. She longs for a harmonious family life, but will she be able to overcome the hostility of the environment?
Bibliographic Information
- Title Translation
- Real Woman
- Note
- Verzio Film Festival Submission
- Start: 00:52:00, End: 01:10:00
- Library Special Collection
- Verzio Film Festival Submission
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD-ROM | OSA Film Library | FL Record 0371b | Available | - | |
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 0371b (HU_OSA_00003487.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |