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Tiresia Details

2003

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Starring	Laurent Lucas, Clara Choveaux, Thiago Teles, Celia Catalifo
Director	Bertrand Bonello
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

Tiresia

In this retelling if the classic Greek myth Tiresia is a beautiful Brazilian transexual, living illegally with her brother in Paris. Coveted by Terranova, a poet and aesthete, he likens her to the perfect rose and kidnaps her to keep as his own. Deprived of her daily hormones, Tiresia reverts before his very eyes, angered by his helplessness he blinds her and leaves her for dead in the countryside. Discovered and cared for by a countrygirl, Tiresia develops a gift for premonition and is persecuted by the parish priest as a result...

Starring	Laurent Lucas, Clara Choveaux, Thiago Teles, Celia Catalifo, Lou Castel
Director	Bertrand Bonello
Studio	PALISADES TARTAN
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 50 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, World Cinema
Language	DVD: French
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 2003 To Rent: DVD: 22 Aug 2005

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- Various Greek myths suggest Tiresia was blinded by the goddess Athena then given the power of second sight in... read more on Time Out
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  Pretentious and plotless
  
  Not only is the film undearably slow, it suddenly changes plot (such as it is) half way through as if the director decided it was failing and needed new scenery... read more »
  
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  - 15 Nov 2005 at 13:13
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  Tiresia (2003)
  
  Based on a fable from Greek mythology, Bertrand Bonello's film attends the fortunes of 'beautiful' transsexual prostitute Tiresia (a full-frontal ... read more »
  
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  Interesting but not entirely successful
  
  This film is not as successful as Bonello's previous 'The Pornographer', but it is still a fascinating, poetic, complex piece of work. Again he ... read more »
  
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  Not for mainstream fans
  
  I think this film is not going to be to everyones tastes. it is not going to appeal to people who like mainstream movies. It is more suited to arthouse fans who... read more »
  
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  In this retelling if the classic Greek myth Tiresia is a beautiful Brazilian transexual, living illegally with her brother in Paris. Coveted by Terranova, a poet and aesthete, he likens her to the perfect rose and kidnaps her to keep as his own. Deprived of her daily hormones, Tiresia reverts ...