1977 Paris: where gender bends, rules break, and surgery changes everything.
A look on transvestites and transsexuals in early 80's Paris. The documentary focuses on Elisa, a Brazilian transvestite and ends with a filming of a surgical operation male to female.
Direction
Ricaud's fly-on-wall access before informed consent existed.
Production
Rare 1970s Paris trans community footage, unpolished gold.
Director
Michel Ricaud
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed during France's 1970s 'transsexualism' medicalization boom, when psychiatrists held absolute gatekeeping power over hormones and surgery.
Ricaud, primarily a porn director, brought that industry's detached gaze to documentary—explaining both the unprecedented access and ethical queasiness.
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