Based on a true story about a teenage boy who becomes a competitive kickboxer to support his family and to finance his transgender operation. The film provides insights into both the experience of being transgender and popular attitudes towards transgender people in Thailand.
Available at the SF Public Library. Available from Netflix. The Netflix summary:
Asanee Suwan portrays kickboxer Parinya Charoenphol, who's harboring an unusual secret: He's a transvestite. Inspired by a famous Thai pugilist who lived two drastically different lives, this moving film written and directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham recounts Parinya's painful attempts to exist in paradoxical worlds. To fund the sex change he longs for, Parinya earns money in the ring, participating day after day in the ultimate male sport.
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