Desire Lines 2024 HC.DDP Torrent Download
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This is a documentary about gay female-to-male and female-to-male transgender people
Plot
An Iranian-American trans man travels back in time to an LGBTQ+ archive to understand his sexuality. He encounters his past and present selves during an erotic journey of self-discovery. It focuses mostly on life after transition, with little focus on the transition process itself.
There are two main categories of subjects
It also deals with those whose physical orientation is male. One is Lou Sullivan, a F-to-M trans activist who was also a pioneer in identifying as gay. It is represented by multiple excerpts from interviews he has given on television, plus the writings of a correspondent of his.
This is wrapped in narrative drama
The others are a series of interviews with various trans people of different presentations and anatomies – one male-identified subject insisted on keeping his vagina. They often have trouble finding partners for intimacy, although Trans Night at gay bathhouses is a great help because they don’t have to explain themselves. A trans Iranian-American male (who left Iran shortly after the revolution) goes to a gay archive in Chicago to do research and befriends a younger, boyish trans employee.
The Iranian angle is enhanced with discussions of an Iranian “omelette”; a plate
This hybrid approach added interest and made it feel more than the dryness of a simple documentary. I saw this as part of a film festival, with the cast and director in attendance. The director mentioned that the Iranian actor helped make a short "proof of concept" to solicit funding and it was continued, with Iranian accents added to the script.