Vestida de azul

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Dressed in Blue

Antonio Giménez-Rico

Spain

1983

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Synopsis

It is 1983 in Madrid, and six dazzling ladies of the night are plying their trade in fur, stockings and not much else… until police cars with flashing lights cordon off the street and haul the six trans women away… “We are high-class whores!” At a brunch with a light mood, they talk in front of the camera about their experiences as performers and prostitutes, about marginalisation and repressive laws, about their youth and the discovery that they were trapped in the wrong body. Dressed in blue is a provocative, seminal classic of queer Spanish cinema that transcended formal filmmaking boundaries, combining staged scenes and documentary footage.

New 4K restoration done by Video Mercury Films in collaboration with FlixOlé using the sound and image negatives. World premiere at Berlinale Classics 2025.

Director biography

Antonio Giménez-Rico

Antonio Giménez-Rico was a director and screenwriter born in Burgos in 1938. He began his career as a film critic and made the leap to directing with Mañana de domingo (1966). Some of his most notable works include Retrato de familia (1976), El disputado voto del Sr. Cayo (1986) and Jarrapellejos (1988). He also directed the cult documentary Vestida de azul (1983), a pioneering film that lent visibility to transsexual women in Spain during the transition to democracy. He also served as president of the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1988 to 1992. He passed away in 2021 at age 82.

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