20 Centimeters

20 Centimeters
Film poster
Spanish20 centímetros
Directed byRamón Salazar
Written byRamón Salazar
Produced byJosé María Calleja
Iker Monfort
CinematographyRicardo de Gracia
Edited byTeresa Font
Music byNajwa Nimri
Release dates
  • April 2005 (2005-04) (Málaga)
  • 10 June 2005 (2005-06-10)
Running time
112 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • France
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish
French
Box office$434.000

20 Centimeters (Spanish: 20 centímetros) is a 2005 Spanish-French film about a narcoleptic transgender woman's life as she works to get the surgery to fix her "20 centímetros" problem. The film was written and directed by Ramón Salazar, and stars Mónica Cervera as Marieta and Pablo Puyol as Raúl, the man who loves "all" of Marieta. The film premiered at the 2005 Málaga Film Festival.

Plot

Marieta (Mónica Cervera), a transgender woman, works as a prostitute in the city of Madrid to save money for a sex change operation. Her narcoleptic spells cause her to fall asleep at any sudden moment, and each time she dreams she is the star of musical numbers where she is free to sing and dance as her true self. Marieta meets a man who works at the market, Raúl (Pablo Puyol), and he loves her with her appendage. This creates a conflict for Marieta, who is happy about her new found love, yet so desperately wants her operation to feel like her whole true self.

Cast

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 44% based on reviews from 16 critics.

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "20 Centimeters". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "'Centimeters' measures up". 6 June 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Full Cast & Crew". IMDB. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "20 Centimeters". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "20 Centimeters awards". IMDB. Retrieved 7 March 2021.