| The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela | |
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| Directed by | Olaf de Fleur Johannesson |
| Produced by | Arleen Cuevas Olaf de Fleur Johannesson Stefan C. Schaefer Helgi Sverrisson |
| Written by | Olaf de Fleur Johannesson Benedikt Jóhannesson |
| Music by | Pavel E. Smid |
| Cinematography | Rune Kippervik Butch Maddul Ragnar Santos |
| Editing by | Benedikt Jóhannesson Olaf de Fleur Johannesson Dagur Kári |
| Distributed by | Poppoli Pictures |
| Release date(s) | February 10, 2008 (Berlin International Film Festival) |
| Running time | 90 minutes (orig.); 80 minutes |
| Country | Iceland Philippines France Thailand |
| Language | Icelandic, Visayan, English, Thai |
| Budget | $400,000 (estimated) |
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela is a 2008 drama film directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson.
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Raquela, a Filipino transsexual prostitute dreams of making a new life in Paris. She becomes an internet porn star and meets Valerie, an Icelandic transsexual, and Michael, the owner of the website she works for.[1]
The film showed at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film.[2] It has been screened in the Emerging Visions section of the 2008 South by Southwest festival in the United States.[3]
It received the Grand Jury Prize in the 10th 2008 Cinemanila International Film Festival at Malacañang Palace's Kalayaan Hall.[4][5][6]