Transfixed
Synopsis
Bo Ancclin, 20-year-old transvestite, swings between Maeva, a West Indian transsexual, and streetwalking in Brussels, all the while acting on her desire for handsome Johnny, whose sole response is to insult and humiliate her. In her quest to find this strange young man’s weak point, she soon discovers that Johnny oscillates like she does between two schizophrenic identities. While an investigation leads Huysmans, a worn out cop, to take an interest in Bo, for whom he can’t help feeling esteem, a serial killer unleashes his violence on the prostitutes. Pryzuski, a humane cop, follows the case and is in turn interested in Bo, although we not sure if it’s because he needs her for the case or for himself. An attack puts him out of action and Huysmans takes over the case again which is soon made more complicated by Maeva’s murder. Bo’s friendship with Maeva incites her to carry out her own inquiry, assisted by Maeva’s old neighbor, Louisette, who saw what no one was meant to see and who’ll ...
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Director (1)
Actors (22)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Ognon Pictures
- Co-production : France 3 Cinéma
- Foreign production companies : RTL Belgium, K2 Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pyramide International
- French distribution : Pyramide Distribution
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Humbert Balsan
- Screenwriters : Francis Girod, Philippe Cougrand
- Dialogue Writers : Philippe Cougrand, Francis Girod
- Director of Photography : Thierry Jault
- Music Composer : Alexandre Desplat
- Assistant directors : François Domange, Véronique Jadin
- Editor : Isabelle Dedieu
- Sound recordists : Henri Morelle, Christophe Winding
- Costume designer : Nathalie Leborgne
- Author of original work : Brigitte Aubert
- Assistant Operators : Rachel Perez, Philippe Therasse, Hervé Lodé
- Production Manager : Stéphane Lhoest
- Press Attaché (film) : Christopher Robba
- Assistant editor : Mathilde Cousin
- Continuity supervisor : Joëlle Keyser
- Production Designer : Perrine Rulens
- Sound Mixer : Claude Villand
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Belgium, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
News & awards
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Awards (1)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 2002
César Award for Most Promising Actor : Robinson Stévenin
