A trans actress balances her hedonistic lifestyle with her public image in this compelling erotic melodrama, executive produced by Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal (Y Tu Mamá También).

A famous Argentine trans theatre actress is at the peak of her career. Known off stage for her wild partying and voracious sexual appetite, she falls for a Mexican bisexual lawyer (Alfonso Herrera, Sense8) who easily matches her freak. From the outside, their relationship is the heteronormative ideal – meeting the parents, getting married – but behind closed doors it’s non-monogamy, sex clubs and bondage. But when they start the process of adopting a child, is it possible to maintain their private sexual freedom without jeopardising their family?

Based on her provocative novel, Camila Sosa Villada is radiant in the lead role (credited only as “The Actress”), hyperaware of the scrutiny she’s under as a trans woman in the public eye. Exploring the added pressures on queer and trans people to conform to societal expectations in order to be accepted, Thesis on a Domestication asks if it’s possible to rewrite the rules.

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