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* FuneralBanishment: Orlando's entire family (who disapproved of him for having a relationship with a transwoman) gives Marina a hard time, including taking Orlando's dog from Marina and evicting her from the apartment they shared. His estranged wife tells Marina to stay away from the funeral. When Marina attends the wake, the ex orders her to leave.
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* BerserkButton: Marina becomes noticeably angry whenever anyone brings up her gender in conversation. Though this mostly manifests as TranquilFury. Obviously, as a completely naturalized and happy transgender woman, this is {{justified}}.
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* BerserkButton: Marina becomes noticeably angry whenever anyone brings up her gender in conversation. Though this mostly manifests as TranquilFury. Obviously, as a completely naturalized and happy transgender woman, this is {{justified}}.{{justified|trope}}.
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* WhiteSheep: Orlando's brother is only member of his family that treats Marina with any level of decency.
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* WhiteSheep: Orlando's brother is the only member of his family that treats Marina with any level of decency.
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* HappyEnding: It is implied that Marina overcomes the death of her partner and all the drama becomes moot.
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* HappyEnding: It is implied that Marina overcomes the death of her partner partner, and all the drama becomes moot.finds success as a singer.
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* WhiteSheep: Orlando's brother is only member of his family that treats Marina with any level of decency.
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It became particularly well known for having [[QueerCharacterQueerActor a transgender actress in the lead role]], the highly-acclaimed Daniela Vega.
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* AmbiguousGender: Marina can pull this off when she wants to, and it's how she can enter the male bathroom and no-one takes notice.
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* AmbiguousGender: Marina can pull this off when she wants to, and it's how she can enter the male bathroom section of the public baths and no-one takes notice.
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* RedHerring: The keyring with the number 181 which is shown several times in the first half of the film proves to be from the locker in the bath, but the locker is empty.
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* RedHerring: The keyring with the number 181 which is shown several times in the first half of the film proves to be from the locker in the bath, public baths, but the locker is empty.
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cleaning up terrible English; Wholesome Crossdresser cannot be applied to transgender characters
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* AlliterativeName: Orlando Onetto
* AmbiguousGender: That's how Marina looks when she wants to. That's why she can enter the male bath section and no-one takes notice.
* BathtubScene: Marina has the one closer to the end.
* BerserkButton: Marina becomes noticeably angry whenever anyone brings up her gender in conversation. Although it mainly manifests as TranquilFury.
* ConcertClimax: In the last scene Marina enters the stage with a small orchestra and starts singing. Then cue credits.
* AmbiguousGender: That's how Marina looks when she wants to. That's why she can enter the male bath section and no-one takes notice.
* BathtubScene: Marina has the one closer to the end.
* BerserkButton: Marina becomes noticeably angry whenever anyone brings up her gender in conversation. Although it mainly manifests as TranquilFury.
* ConcertClimax: In the last scene Marina enters the stage with a small orchestra and starts singing. Then cue credits.
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* AlliterativeName: Orlando Onetto
Onetto.
* AmbiguousGender:That's how Marina looks can pull this off when she wants to. That's why to, and it's how she can enter the male bath section bathroom and no-one takes notice.
* BathtubScene: Marina hasthe one closer to the end.
* BerserkButton: Marina becomes noticeably angry whenever anyone brings up her gender in conversation.Although it mainly Though this mostly manifests as TranquilFury.
TranquilFury. Obviously, as a completely naturalized and happy transgender woman, this is {{justified}}.
* ConcertClimax: In the lastscene scene, Marina enters the stage with a small orchestra and starts singing. Then cue credits.
* AmbiguousGender:
* BathtubScene: Marina has
* BerserkButton: Marina becomes noticeably angry whenever anyone brings up her gender in conversation.
* ConcertClimax: In the last
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* TheDogBitesBack: Marina several scenes after being harassed by Bruno and his buddies climbs on the car where Bruno, Sonia and Gabriel are sitting and jumps on its roof several times. It can be considered her retaliation for the scene where she is harassed.
* DownerBeginning: Orlando dies pretty soon after the start of the film.
* DuctTapeForEverything: When two Bruno's buddies bully Marina in the car they bandage duct tape around her head to harass her.
* FemaleGaze: Invoked as the female police inspector requires Marina to show her naked body. Marina obeys with disgust. The viewer sees only the reaction of the pilce inspector (as well as the male photographer) but never sees the object of gaze as the genitals are never shown.
* GratuitousDiscoSequence: Marina once comes to a gay disco club and has a short tryst even though generally she does not appear much of a partygoer.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: When Marina takes a bath her private parts are covered by a mirror she holds. Instead of those parts one sees her face in the mirror.
* HappilyMarried: Marina and Orlando. Of course it does not last due to the rule of drama.
* HappyEnding: It is implied that Marina copes with the death of her partner.
* HateSink: Bruno, the only major character who is openly bigoted and goes out of his way to be as cruel to Marina as humanly possible. Even Sonia is willing to leave Marina be as long as she leaves her family alone and clearly mostly resents Marina for taking Orlando away from her.
* DownerBeginning: Orlando dies pretty soon after the start of the film.
* DuctTapeForEverything: When two Bruno's buddies bully Marina in the car they bandage duct tape around her head to harass her.
* FemaleGaze: Invoked as the female police inspector requires Marina to show her naked body. Marina obeys with disgust. The viewer sees only the reaction of the pilce inspector (as well as the male photographer) but never sees the object of gaze as the genitals are never shown.
* GratuitousDiscoSequence: Marina once comes to a gay disco club and has a short tryst even though generally she does not appear much of a partygoer.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: When Marina takes a bath her private parts are covered by a mirror she holds. Instead of those parts one sees her face in the mirror.
* HappilyMarried: Marina and Orlando. Of course it does not last due to the rule of drama.
* HappyEnding: It is implied that Marina copes with the death of her partner.
* HateSink: Bruno, the only major character who is openly bigoted and goes out of his way to be as cruel to Marina as humanly possible. Even Sonia is willing to leave Marina be as long as she leaves her family alone and clearly mostly resents Marina for taking Orlando away from her.
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* TheDogBitesBack: Marina several scenes jumps onto the roof of a car that Bruno and other relatives of Orlando are in, scaring the crap out of them. This happens shortly after being she was harassed by Bruno and his buddies climbs on the car where Bruno, Sonia and Gabriel are sitting and jumps on its roof several times. It can be considered her retaliation for the scene where she is harassed.
that.
* DownerBeginning: Orlando diespretty soon almost straightaway, but humorously only after the start of the film.
* DuctTapeForEverything: When two Bruno's buddies bully Marina in the car they bandage duct tape around her head to harass her.
there's been some death scares.
* FemaleGaze:Invoked Invoked, as the female police inspector requires Marina to show her naked body. Marina obeys with disgust. The What the viewer sees only is the reaction of the pilce police inspector (as well as that of [[MaleGaze the male photographer) but never sees the object of gaze as the genitals are never shown.
photographer]]).
* GratuitousDiscoSequence: Marinaonce comes goes to a gay disco club at one point and has a short tryst even though generally she does not appear much of a partygoer.
one night stand, seemingly irrelevant to the plot and characterization.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: When Marina takes a bath her private parts are covered by a mirrorshe holds. Instead that she's holding, so instead of those parts one sees genitals, the reflection of her face in the mirror.
mirror is shown.
* HappilyMarried: Marina andOrlando. Of Orlando... but of course it does not last due to the rule of drama.
doesn't last.
* HappyEnding: It is implied that Marinacopes with overcomes the death of her partner.
partner and all the drama becomes moot.
* HateSink: Bruno, the only major character who is openly bigoted and goes out of his way to be as cruel to Marina as humanly possible. Even Sonia is willing to leave Marina be as long as she leaves her familyalone alone, and clearly mostly resents Marina simply for taking Orlando away from her.
* DownerBeginning: Orlando dies
* DuctTapeForEverything: When two Bruno's buddies bully Marina in the car they bandage duct tape around her head to harass her.
* FemaleGaze:
* GratuitousDiscoSequence: Marina
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: When Marina takes a bath her private parts are covered by a mirror
* HappilyMarried: Marina and
* HappyEnding: It is implied that Marina
* HateSink: Bruno, the only major character who is openly bigoted and goes out of his way to be as cruel to Marina as humanly possible. Even Sonia is willing to leave Marina be as long as she leaves her family
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* IdiotBall: Why does Marina leave Orlando who is very ill alone in the proximity to the staircase?
* InsistentAppellation: Bruno calls Marina Marisa twice. The second time after she corrects him.
* KickTheDog: Bruno does it in every scene he's in.
* MaleFrontalNudity: Played with/zigzagged. It is never shown what the genitals of Marina currently are like so one ignores whether they are even male to begin with.
* MayDecemberRomance: The age difference for the actors playing Marina and Orlando is 35 years and it shows.
* MoodWhiplash: The scene where Marina is kidnapped by the son of her deceased lover and his two accomplices. They rough her up and throw out in a deserted street. On the rest film is not violent.
* InsistentAppellation: Bruno calls Marina Marisa twice. The second time after she corrects him.
* KickTheDog: Bruno does it in every scene he's in.
* MaleFrontalNudity: Played with/zigzagged. It is never shown what the genitals of Marina currently are like so one ignores whether they are even male to begin with.
* MayDecemberRomance: The age difference for the actors playing Marina and Orlando is 35 years and it shows.
* MoodWhiplash: The scene where Marina is kidnapped by the son of her deceased lover and his two accomplices. They rough her up and throw out in a deserted street. On the rest film is not violent.
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* IdiotBall: Why does Marina leave an ailing Orlando who is very ill alone in the proximity next to the a staircase?
* InsistentAppellation: Marina. Bruno callsMarina Marisa twice. The second time after her "Marisa" twice, and she impatiently corrects him.
* %%* KickTheDog: Bruno does it in every scene he's in.
* MaleFrontalNudity: Played with/zigzagged. It is never shown what the genitals of Marina currently are like so one ignores whether they are even male to begin with.
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* MayDecemberRomance: The age difference for theactors playing characters of Marina and Orlando is Orlando, made a specific plot point when Orlando's family basically think she's a gold-digger who gave up waiting (the actors are 35 years and it shows.
apart).
* MoodWhiplash: The scene where Marina is kidnapped by the son of her deceased lover and his two accomplices. They rough her up and throw her outin a deserted into the street. On the rest The film is not violent.at all violent anywhere else.
* InsistentAppellation: Marina. Bruno calls
* MaleFrontalNudity: Played with/zigzagged. It is never shown what the genitals of Marina currently are like so one ignores whether they are even male to begin with.
* MayDecemberRomance: The age difference for the
* MoodWhiplash: The scene where Marina is kidnapped by the son of her deceased lover and his two accomplices. They rough her up and throw her out
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* OneHourWorkWeek: Played straight. Marina is a waiter and she is very briefly show at her work twice. Each time something distracts her from waiting the table. Of course the job is generally not dramatic and her job in this film is not much of a plot point.
* PetTheDog: Played straight as Marina loves her German shepherd.
* RedHerring: The key ring with the number 181 which is shown several times in the first half of the film proves to be from the locker in the bath. However the locker is empty.
* SelfDeprecation: Marina attended by the manicurist complains that her hands are similar to those of an orangoutang.
* StaircaseTumble: Orlando who is very ill, is left by Marina near the staircase. Then he tumbles toward the stairs, reaches the stairs and falls down. It is implied though that it does not harm him much as he soon dies from another cause.
* SheetOfGlass: Subverted, of course as this is a drama. Marina walks the street and approaches a glass sheet unloaded from the truck by two workers. She looks into the glass watching herself. Then the glass sheet is simply carried away.
* PetTheDog: Played straight as Marina loves her German shepherd.
* RedHerring: The key ring with the number 181 which is shown several times in the first half of the film proves to be from the locker in the bath. However the locker is empty.
* SelfDeprecation: Marina attended by the manicurist complains that her hands are similar to those of an orangoutang.
* StaircaseTumble: Orlando who is very ill, is left by Marina near the staircase. Then he tumbles toward the stairs, reaches the stairs and falls down. It is implied though that it does not harm him much as he soon dies from another cause.
* SheetOfGlass: Subverted, of course as this is a drama. Marina walks the street and approaches a glass sheet unloaded from the truck by two workers. She looks into the glass watching herself. Then the glass sheet is simply carried away.
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* OneHourWorkWeek: Played straight. Marina is a waiter and she is very waitress, being briefly show at her work twice. Each time shown working on two occasions; both times something distracts her from waiting the table. tables. Of course the job is generally not dramatic and course, her job in this film is not much of a plot point.
* PetTheDog: Played straight as Marina loves her German shepherd.
* RedHerring: The key ring keyring with the number 181 which is shown several times in the first half of the film proves to be from the locker in the bath. However bath, but the locker is empty.
* SelfDeprecation: When Marinaattended by the manicurist is getting her nails done she complains that her hands are similar to those of look like an orangoutang.orangutan's.
* StaircaseTumble:Orlando Orlando, who is very ill, is left by Marina near the staircase. Then he He tumbles toward the stairs, reaches the stairs and falls down. It is implied though that it does not harm him much as he dies soon dies from after by another cause.
* SheetOfGlass:Subverted, of course as this is a drama. Subverted. Marina walks is walking down the street and approaches as a sheet of glass sheet is being unloaded from the truck by two workers. She looks into a truck: she appraises her reflection, and the glass watching herself. Then the glass sheet is simply carried away.
* SelfDeprecation: When Marina
* StaircaseTumble:
* SheetOfGlass:
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** A rather gratuitous example. Marina is in hurry and gets into the taxi, already occupied by a male passenger. She tells him to get out. He replies that he is in a hurry. Then Marina says that she is also in a hurry. The man obediently gets off.
** Also when Marina jumps on the roof of a car with three relations of Orlando in it (including Bruno who earler let his two friends bully her in his presense). The people in the car< frightened, do not react properly and then simply leave in the car.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marina is definitely the one.
** Also when Marina jumps on the roof of a car with three relations of Orlando in it (including Bruno who earler let his two friends bully her in his presense). The people in the car< frightened, do not react properly and then simply leave in the car.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marina is definitely the one.
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** A rather gratuitous example. Marina is in hurry and gets into the taxi, a taxi that is already occupied by a male passenger. occupied. She tells him to get out. He out, and he replies that he is in a hurry. Then Marina says deadpans that she is also in a hurry. The hurry and the man obediently gets off.
leaves.
** Also when Marina jumps on the roof of a carwith that has three relations of Orlando Orlando's family members in it (including Bruno Bruno, who earler earlier let his two friends bully her in his presense). her). The people in the car< frightened, do not react properly car get frightened and then simply leave in the car.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marina is definitely the one.abandon it.
** Also when Marina jumps on the roof of a car
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marina is definitely the one.
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* HateSink: Bruno, the only major character who is openly bigoted and goes out of his way to be as cruel to Marina as humanly possible. Even Sonia is willing to leave Marina be as long as she leaves her family alone and clearly mostly resents MArina for taking Orlando away from her.
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* HateSink: Bruno, the only major character who is openly bigoted and goes out of his way to be as cruel to Marina as humanly possible. Even Sonia is willing to leave Marina be as long as she leaves her family alone and clearly mostly resents MArina Marina for taking Orlando away from her.
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* BerserkButton: Marina becomes noticeably angry whenever anyone brings up her gender in conversation. Although it mainly manifests as TranquilFury.
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* DeathGlare: Marina rarely loses her composure, but she does have a withering glare for anyone who has earned her contempt.
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* HateSink: Bruno, the only major character who is openly bigoted and goes out of his way to be as cruel to Marina as humanly possible. Even Sonia is willing to leave Marina be as long as she leaves her family alone and clearly mostly resents MArina for taking Orlando away from her.
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* KickTheDog: Bruno does it in every scene he's in.
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* NobleBigotWithABadge: Detective Cortes. She talks down to Marina and patronizes her because of her gender identity, but once it becomes clear that there was no foul play on Marina's part, she lets her go without any problems.
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* HappilyMarried: Marina and Orlando. Of course it does not last duue to the rule of drama.
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* HappilyMarried: Marina and Orlando. Of course it does not last duue due to the rule of drama.
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* InsistentAppellation: Bruno calla Marina Marisa twice. The second time after she corrects him.
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* InsistentAppellation: Bruno calla calls Marina Marisa twice. The second time after she corrects him.
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** Also when Marina jumps in a car with three people in it who do not react properly and then simply leave frightened.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marina is definitely one.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marina is definitely one.
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** Also when Marina jumps in on the roof of a car with three relations of Orlando in it (including Bruno who earler let his two friends bully her in his presense). The people in it who the car< frightened, do not react properly and then simply leave frightened.
in the car.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marina is definitely the one.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marina is definitely the one.
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''Una mujer fantástica'' (''A Fantastic Woman'') is a 2017 film by Sebastián Lelio (who also made ''Gloria'') that was awarded the Oscar for best foreign-language film in 2018.
Marina is a transgender woman whose much older partner, Orlando, quickly dies of natural causes. Through the rest of the movie she has to deal with the police, who still suspect foul play, as well as with Orlando's family, who are less than accepting of his last romance and want to negate Marina's common law rights regarding him.
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!! Fantastic tropes:
* AlliterativeName: Orlando Onetto
* AmbiguousGender: That's how Marina looks when she wants to. That's why she can enter the male bath section and no-one takes notice.
* BathtubScene: Marina has the one closer to the end.
* ConcertClimax: In the last scene Marina enters the stage with a small orchestra and starts singing. Then cue credits.
* TheDogBitesBack: Marina several scenes after being harassed by Bruno and his buddies climbs on the car where Bruno, Sonia and Gabriel are sitting and jumps on its roof several times. It can be considered her retaliation for the scene where she is harassed.
* DownerBeginning: Orlando dies pretty soon after the start of the film.
* DuctTapeForEverything: When two Bruno's buddies bully Marina in the car they bandage duct tape around her head to harass her.
* FemaleGaze: Invoked as the female police inspector requires Marina to show her naked body. Marina obeys with disgust. The viewer sees only the reaction of the pilce inspector (as well as the male photographer) but never sees the object of gaze as the genitals are never shown.
* GratuitousDiscoSequence: Marina once comes to a gay disco club and has a short tryst even though generally she does not appear much of a partygoer.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: When Marina takes a bath her private parts are covered by a mirror she holds. Instead of those parts one sees her face in the mirror.
* HappilyMarried: Marina and Orlando. Of course it does not last duue to the rule of drama.
* HappyEnding: It is implied that Marina copes with the death of her partner.
* HiddenDepths: it is only 1 hour into the film that one learns that Marina is an aspiring singer who studies vocal with a professor.
* IdiotBall: Why does Marina leave Orlando who is very ill alone in the proximity to the staircase?
* InsistentAppellation: Bruno calla Marina Marisa twice. The second time after she corrects him.
* MaleFrontalNudity: Played with/zigzagged. It is never shown what the genitals of Marina currently are like so one ignores whether they are even male to begin with.
* MayDecemberRomance: The age difference for the actors playing Marina and Orlando is 35 years and it shows.
* MoodWhiplash: The scene where Marina is kidnapped by the son of her deceased lover and his two accomplices. They rough her up and throw out in a deserted street. On the rest film is not violent.
* OneHourWorkWeek: Played straight. Marina is a waiter and she is very briefly show at her work twice. Each time something distracts her from waiting the table. Of course the job is generally not dramatic and her job in this film is not much of a plot point.
* PetTheDog: Played straight as Marina loves her German shepherd.
* RedHerring: The key ring with the number 181 which is shown several times in the first half of the film proves to be from the locker in the bath. However the locker is empty.
* SelfDeprecation: Marina attended by the manicurist complains that her hands are similar to those of an orangoutang.
* StaircaseTumble: Orlando who is very ill, is left by Marina near the staircase. Then he tumbles toward the stairs, reaches the stairs and falls down. It is implied though that it does not harm him much as he soon dies from another cause.
* SheetOfGlass: Subverted, of course as this is a drama. Marina walks the street and approaches a glass sheet unloaded from the truck by two workers. She looks into the glass watching herself. Then the glass sheet is simply carried away.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** A rather gratuitous example. Marina is in hurry and gets into the taxi, already occupied by a male passenger. She tells him to get out. He replies that he is in a hurry. Then Marina says that she is also in a hurry. The man obediently gets off.
** Also when Marina jumps in a car with three people in it who do not react properly and then simply leave frightened.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marina is definitely one.
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''Una mujer fantástica'' (''A Fantastic Woman'') is a 2017 film by Sebastián Lelio (who also made ''Gloria'') that was awarded the Oscar for best foreign-language film in 2018.
Marina is a transgender woman whose much older partner, Orlando, quickly dies of natural causes. Through the rest of the movie she has to deal with the police, who still suspect foul play, as well as with Orlando's family, who are less than accepting of his last romance and want to negate Marina's common law rights regarding him.
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!! Fantastic tropes:
* AlliterativeName: Orlando Onetto
* AmbiguousGender: That's how Marina looks when she wants to. That's why she can enter the male bath section and no-one takes notice.
* BathtubScene: Marina has the one closer to the end.
* ConcertClimax: In the last scene Marina enters the stage with a small orchestra and starts singing. Then cue credits.
* TheDogBitesBack: Marina several scenes after being harassed by Bruno and his buddies climbs on the car where Bruno, Sonia and Gabriel are sitting and jumps on its roof several times. It can be considered her retaliation for the scene where she is harassed.
* DownerBeginning: Orlando dies pretty soon after the start of the film.
* DuctTapeForEverything: When two Bruno's buddies bully Marina in the car they bandage duct tape around her head to harass her.
* FemaleGaze: Invoked as the female police inspector requires Marina to show her naked body. Marina obeys with disgust. The viewer sees only the reaction of the pilce inspector (as well as the male photographer) but never sees the object of gaze as the genitals are never shown.
* GratuitousDiscoSequence: Marina once comes to a gay disco club and has a short tryst even though generally she does not appear much of a partygoer.
* HandOrObjectUnderwear: When Marina takes a bath her private parts are covered by a mirror she holds. Instead of those parts one sees her face in the mirror.
* HappilyMarried: Marina and Orlando. Of course it does not last duue to the rule of drama.
* HappyEnding: It is implied that Marina copes with the death of her partner.
* HiddenDepths: it is only 1 hour into the film that one learns that Marina is an aspiring singer who studies vocal with a professor.
* IdiotBall: Why does Marina leave Orlando who is very ill alone in the proximity to the staircase?
* InsistentAppellation: Bruno calla Marina Marisa twice. The second time after she corrects him.
* MaleFrontalNudity: Played with/zigzagged. It is never shown what the genitals of Marina currently are like so one ignores whether they are even male to begin with.
* MayDecemberRomance: The age difference for the actors playing Marina and Orlando is 35 years and it shows.
* MoodWhiplash: The scene where Marina is kidnapped by the son of her deceased lover and his two accomplices. They rough her up and throw out in a deserted street. On the rest film is not violent.
* OneHourWorkWeek: Played straight. Marina is a waiter and she is very briefly show at her work twice. Each time something distracts her from waiting the table. Of course the job is generally not dramatic and her job in this film is not much of a plot point.
* PetTheDog: Played straight as Marina loves her German shepherd.
* RedHerring: The key ring with the number 181 which is shown several times in the first half of the film proves to be from the locker in the bath. However the locker is empty.
* SelfDeprecation: Marina attended by the manicurist complains that her hands are similar to those of an orangoutang.
* StaircaseTumble: Orlando who is very ill, is left by Marina near the staircase. Then he tumbles toward the stairs, reaches the stairs and falls down. It is implied though that it does not harm him much as he soon dies from another cause.
* SheetOfGlass: Subverted, of course as this is a drama. Marina walks the street and approaches a glass sheet unloaded from the truck by two workers. She looks into the glass watching herself. Then the glass sheet is simply carried away.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** A rather gratuitous example. Marina is in hurry and gets into the taxi, already occupied by a male passenger. She tells him to get out. He replies that he is in a hurry. Then Marina says that she is also in a hurry. The man obediently gets off.
** Also when Marina jumps in a car with three people in it who do not react properly and then simply leave frightened.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Marina is definitely one.
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