V –0 08 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society

feaTure films
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A Filipina “lady-boy” blessed with extraordinary beauty
and grace, Raquela Rios makes her living by walking the
streets and serving a clientele with exotic tastes. Alas, this
self-proclaimed queen dreams of far bigger and better
things, so when she’s recruited by a fellow transsexual
to join the lucrative world of Internet porn, Raquela puts
on a nurse’s uniform and dives in headfirst. Her online
popularity skyrockets, and soon she’s off living a life of odd
adventures — traveling to Iceland, working in a fish factory
and, finally, fulfilling a lifelong dream to see Paris. And once
the site’s New York-based owner takes a shine to her and
visits her in the City of Light, Raquela may even find true
love. Part fact and part fairytale, Olaf de Fleur Johannesson’s
dazzling docudrama blends gritty vérité and fictional flights
of fancy to chronicle this truly transtastic character’s life.
Only in Canada can you mix hockey, homosexuality, and family
values. Breakfast with Scot is a light-hearted and touching
comedy starring TV hunk Thomas Cavanagh (“Ed,” “Scrubs”)
as Eric, an ex-hockey player turned sportscaster with
memberships in three gyms. Eric is one of those gay guys who
would describe himself as “straight-acting” in a personal ad
— if he weren’t too busy acting straight to place the ad. Though
not “out” at work, Eric is living the perfect gay life at home with
his lawyer boyfriend Sam (the handsome Ben Shenkman of
Angels in America and “Law & Order”). But their closet paradise
is threatened when a long-lost friend dies and Eric and Sam
are told they have custody of her 11-year-old son. Eric fears
the arrival of a rude and messy brute who, before they know it,
the amazIng
truth about
Queen raQuela
Teddy Award for Best GLBT Film at the Berlin Film Festival
Best International Feature and The Vangaurd Award at Newfest, the
New York GLBT Film Festival
WED NOV 5 5:55 PM-7:20 PM
FRI NOV 7 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Actors trade lines with sex-industry professionals, key
moments are recreated with a certain dreamy liberty,
and you’re never sure whether you’re watching reality or
fantasy. What’s never in doubt is the sense of empowerment
that Raquela — playing herself, natch — brings to every
encounter and interaction in which she engages. Winner
of this year’s prestigious Teddy Award at the Berlin Film
Festival, Johannesson’s tribute to Rios truly earns the titular
adjective; it’s amazing from start to finish. All hail the Queen!
[Dir. Olaf de Fleur Johannesson, 2008, iceland, video, 80 mins.
in English, icelandic, Visayan and Thai with English subtitles]
Website: www.queenraquelathemovie.com
breakfast wIth scot
THuRS NOV 6 6:15 PM-7:55 PM
SPONSORED BY: CuRTISS BARROWS / MERRILL LYNCH
FRI NOV 7 6:15 PM-7:55 PM
SPONSORED BY: CAMP REHOBOTH
SuN NOV 11 12:50 PM-2:30 PM
will be swiping beers from their refrigerator and deflowering
girls on their 500-thread-count sheets. What they get instead is
Scot (the charming Noah Bernett), an “artistic” waif who sings
Christmas carols out of season, spells his name with one ‘t’ and
likes to give everything, including his pee-wee hockey uniform,
“a little more sparkle.” Can these uptight gay dads learn to love
their sissy son? Or will Eric’s reluctance to “be gay” — or even
be seen in public with Scot— stand in the way?
[Dir. Laurie Lynd, 2008, canada, video, 95 mins.]
Website: http://www.caprifilms.com/breakfastwithscot/index.html