Virginia Woolf’s “Orlando” tells the story of a young man who grows up to become a 36-year-old woman. Almost a century after its publication, Paul B. Preciado speaks to Virginia Woolf to tell her that her fictional character has become a reality. The transition of Orlando’s body now lies at the root of all non-binary bodies and there are Orlandos all over the world. Through the authentic voices of other young bodies undergoing metamorphosis, Preciado retraces the stages of his personal transformation through a poetic journey in which life, writing, theory and image merge freely in the search for truth. Every Orlando, he says, is a transgender person who is risking his, her or their life on a daily basis as they find themselves forced to confront government laws, history and psychiatry, as well as traditional notions of the family and the power of multinational pharmaceutical companies.
Performer China Club
Gloria (Dalle), una mujer de 40 años sin trabajo, sin familia y sin domicilio fijo, pasa la mayor parte del tiempo en un bar de Nancy. Frances (Béart), una popular presentadora parisina, está casada con Claude, un renombrado escritor; pero, aunque en público parecen la pareja perfecta, en privado, ella se acuesta con mujeres, y él hace lo propio con hombres. En los años 80, estas dos mujeres se conocieron en un hospital psiquiátrico y se amaron con la pasión propia de la adolescencia. Todo en sus vidas era salvaje e intenso: sexo, drogas y punk rock. Veinte años después, sus caminos están a punto de cruzarse de nuevo.
