Change of Sex

For changes of sex generally, see Sex change.

Cambio de Sexo
Directed by	Vicente Aranda
Written by	Vicente Aranda Joaquin Jordá Carlos Durán
Produced by	Jaime Fernandez Cid
Starring	Victoria Abril Lou Castel Fernando Sancho Rafaela Aparicio Bibí Andersen
Cinematography	Néstor Almendros José Luis Alcaine
Edited by	Maricel Bautista
Music by	Ricardo Miralles
Distributed by	Morgana Films
Release date	13 May 1977 (1977-05-13)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Change of Sex or Sex Change (Spanish: Cambio de Sexo) is a 1976 Spanish film, written and directed by Vicente Aranda. It stars Victoria Abril. The film dramatizes the story of a young effeminate boy, who moves to the city to explore his desire to become a woman.

Synopsis

In a small town, José Maria is a teenager with a big problem: He imagines that inside of him he is really a woman. His family environment makes things more difficult for him. His rude father is a male chauvinist who afraid of his son softness put him to work chopping wood and tries to force him to have sex with a prostitute. However, José Maria flees from that adventure feeling guilty. He escapes to the city where he tries to be accepted as woman with tragic results. While working as a hair dresser he meets, Bibi, a transvestite who works in a cabaret and José Maria goes to work with her. He is not José Maria anymore, but Maria José. In the cabaret, he falls in love with Durán, the owner of the bar. Durán, reluctant at the beginning, nevertheless starts a relationship with Maria José, who wants to go all the way, and plans to travel to London to have a sex change operation.

Cast

• Victoria Abril as José María/ María José
• Lou Castel as Durán
• Fernando Sancho as José Maria's father
• Rafaela Aparicio as Pilar
• Daniel Martin as Pedro
• Montserrat Carulla as José Maria's mother
• Bibi Andersen as Bibi
• Mario Gas as Alvaro
• Maria Elias as Lolita

External links

• Change of Sex at IMDb