Bo is a transexual prostitute in Brussels who left home after being abused by her father. She's infuatuated with a neighbor and suspected by the police in a series of transexual murders. In order to clear herself she must turn detective.
Acting
Robinson Stévenin's raw, unguarded center-of-frame presence
Direction
Girod's refusal to aestheticize Bo's survival
Cinematography
Sleazy Brussels locations as character, not backdrop
Director
Francis Girod
Robinson Stévenin
Bo
Stéphane Metzger
Jonathan "Johnny" Garnier
Richard Bohringer
Huysmans
William Nadylam
Maeva
Frédéric Pellegeay
Alex
Ginette Garcin
Louisette Vincent
Stéphane De Groodt
Pryzuski
Charlie Dupont
Courtois
Patrick Ridremont
Véronica Novak
Elvire
Micheline Presle
Violette Ancelin
Jean-Michel Leray
Catherine Claeys
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robinson Stévenin spent time with Brussels sex workers to prepare; the film's producer later called the shoot 'psychologically dangerous for everyone involved.'
Released during Belgium's heated 2001 trans rights debates, the film was simultaneously protested by activists for exploitation and defended for its rare casting of an actual trans woman in a lead—Stévenin's first and last major role.
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