The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela Explained

The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela
Director:	Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
Producer:	Arleen Cuevas Olaf de Fleur Johannesson Stefan C. Schaefer Helgi Sverrisson
Music:	Pavel E. Smid
Cinematography:	Rune Kippervik Butch Maddul Ragnar Santos
Editing:	Benedikt Jóhannesson Olaf de Fleur Johannesson Dagur Kári
Distributor:	Poppoli Pictures
Runtime:	90 minutes (orig.); 80 minutes
Country:	Iceland Philippines France Thailand
Language:	Icelandic Visayan English Thai
Budget:	$400,000 (estimated)

The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela is a 2008 drama film directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson.

Premise

Raquela, a Filipino transsexual prostitute dreams of making a new life in Paris. She becomes an Internet porn star and meets Valerie, an Icelandic transsexual, and Michael, the owner of the website she works for.^[1]

Cast

• Raquela Rios as Herself
• Stefan Schaefer as Ardilo, Michael
• Olivia Galudo as Olivia
• Brax Villa as Aubrey
• Valerie Grand Einarsson as Valerie Einarsson

Distribution and reception

The film showed at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film.^[2] It has been screened in the Emerging Visions section of the 2008 South by Southwest festival in the United States.^[3]

It received the Grand Jury Prize in the 10th 2008 Cinemanila International Film Festival at Malacañan Palace's Kalayaan Hall.^{[4] [5] [6]}

External links

• Official site
• Official MySpace page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Summary . . 1 March 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080220010329/http://www.poppoli.com/raquela.html . 20 February 2008.
2. Web site: Official Site . . 1 March 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080915033531/http://www.queenraquelathemovie.com/ . 15 September 2008 . dmy-all .
3. Web site: SXSW 2008 Film Screenings . SXSW.com . 1 March 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080219103618/http://2008.sxsw.com/film/screenings/film/F9178.html . 19 February 2008.
4. http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intStoryID=41489&Category= www.screendaily.com, The Band's Visit takes top prize at Cinemanila fest
5. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertainment/10/21/08/cinema-one-originals-movies-dominate-10th-cinemanila-award-rites abs-cbnnews.com, Cinema One Originals movies dominate 10th Cinemanila award rites
6. http://www.bworldonline.com/BW102108/content.php?id=079 bworldonline.com, Arroyo awards winners in 10th Cinemanila festival