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379 Ratings

Casa Roshell

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Directed by Camila José Donoso
Mexico, Chile, 2017
Documentary, LGBTQ+

Synopsis

Music plays, drinks are served and the last boundaries are suspended: those between gender; gay, straight and bi; reality and fiction. Roshell and Lili run a small transformist club in Mexico City, where men of all ages and backgrounds come to watch, cruise or learn how to dress in drag.

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Awards & Festivals

Berlin International Film Festival

2017

Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema

2017

Jeonju International Film Festival

2017

Cinéma du Réel

2017

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Cast & Crew

Articles from the Notebook

Camila José Donoso Introduces Her Film “Casa Roshell”

“The stories are infinite and we only have the possibility to see and hear fragments of the lives of these divas, these muses.”
Camila José Donoso

Queering the Frame: Close-Up on “Casa Roshell”

A documentary-fiction hybrid about a Mexico City transvestite club is revolutionary in its demand for patience and respect for drag culture.
Laura Davis

On the Uncomfortable Nature of Documentaries: Art of the Real Festival 2017

Revealing what is at the core of what we call documentary or non-fiction cinema.
Jaime Grijalba Gómez
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