<em>A Fantastic Woman</em> Is a Powerful Portrait of Grief and Prejudice
Sebastián Lelio’s Oscar-nominated Chilean film follows a trans woman struggling to move on after the death of her partner.
The life that Orlando (Francisco Reyes) has built with his girlfriend, Marina (Daniela Vega), which viewers glimpse in the opening 15 minutes of has a warm sense of stability. Orlando relaxes at a spa, then heads over to a bar where he watches Marina, a singer, perform. They celebrate her birthday at a Chinese restaurant, then head home to their apartment. Their relationship (he’s a cisgender man in his 50s, she’s a transgender woman in
