All language subtitles for José Jara El transexual 1977 Spain

A homosexual
is a person that makes love

with a person of the same sex,
it could be either male or female,

and a bisexual

is a person that
makes love to both men and women

and tranvestites are those men

that goes to work,
that wears a wig and false eyelashes,

a dress, and goes out and
acts like a woman on the stage

And later, once he's off the stage,

he takes of his hose, takes off his wig,

takes off all the makeup he's wearing,

he puts on his suit, tie and all

and goes home,
lots of married men there

A transexual is person who's born
with a defect in their sexuality

This person has both male or female

physical and mental
capabilities, which is my problem

I was born as a transexual,

a male one
I was born a boy,

I dressed like a boy, my father
raised me as a boy, logically,

but inside I was a girl

When I was in school,

when my parents would hold
my hand on the way to school

people would always think I was girl,

that would hurt my father very much

First of all I had long hair,

they felt bad so they cut my hair short

and people still thought I was a girl

And people would ask him "Why don't you get
the girl some earrings, she's old enough"

and my father would say "But he's a
boy, not a girl!" and he'd get upset

At school I always liked boys' company,

I would get crushes on the
young ones, on the teacher

Good evening, I'm Pura, Loti sent me

Ah yes, sit

What's that?

Don't forget the two reports tomorrow

I don't understand how
you can write so much

It's what I do.
Now go, so long.

Don't look at me like that, I want
it to be clear that this is a favor

I know, I'm just being silly

Well, you can start by calming down.

This is the first time I've
ever been on a shoot.

To be honest doll, I'd be going
crazy if I was in your place.

Come on cutie, put some feeling into it

And when I had a crush on my teacher

he said he needed to talk to my
father about something very important

and saw my father alone and told him
that he had to take me to a doctor

My father took me to the best psychiatrist

and the psychiatrist told him
that he had to let me develop,

that I had many female
hormones and chromosomes,

so I had to wait until I was

15 or 16 to see what I wanted to be

I went with my brothers to clubs and dances

but I suffered a lot
because inside I was a girl,

I loved like a girl and
had the heart of a girl,

my body, everything, I was a girl

So when the time came when I
could enlist for military service

I did it because my father
wanted me to

Can you imagine how I suffered
in the military service?

I was in military service for 11 months

and when I'd go shower it'd be such a pain,

with my build, with my tiny member,

the fact that I was so embarassed
to get undressed

in front of so many men

The men, the bosses, the...

graduates would be infatuated with
me and protect me from the rest

So when the end of
my military service came

I looked for a doctor

and this doctor said that
I was a hermaphrodite,

that I had an excess
of female chromosomes

and that I'd even have to take a bit
of male hormones to counterbalance it

He said a simple operation
would define my sex

so I travelled abroad and tried
desperately to define my sex

Hello, Style Magazine

Mr. Sergio has just gone
into the director's office

- It's too much money
- I need it for my report

I'll have all the material this week

You've been singing the
same tune for two months

- There's many people involved
- Fine

Tell the administrator to give it
to you, but this is your last chance

Good evening Sergio

- Good evening sir
- Hello

- The usual?
- Yes, on the rocks

- Did she come tonight?
- No sir

Good evening friends

Welcome to the kingdom of ambiguity

Well, I'm out, I have to leave.
Goodbye

Thank you

- Tell Loti to come
- Right away sir

- I'm here
- Has Lorna come back?

We haven't heard from her, they said
they're going to change her number

I don't understand, she
can't leave me hanging

Are you sure she was going
to give that declaration?

Sure? Who can be sure of
what someone like her thinks?

I need the first page, I deserve it,
don't I?

I can get you all the evidence

That would mean a lot of money,

both for you and for me,
understand?

Why did you think I came?

I'm tired of exposing myself every
night just to prove I'm a woman

This is no game,
more than one person will be ruined

- I'll do it
- When can you give me the information?

In a week, maybe two
After that it'll be money and fame

- It'll be a scandal
- That's in your hands

Don't worry about me

Waiter

- Yes, what would you like?
- Bring martinis

I don't know,

but everything you're
telling me is very strange

I can't explain it, I'm sorry

She'll talk,

that idiot can't leave me
hanging in the wind

- Be careful?
- Of who? I'm always on guard

- Hello Solaya
- What's going on Sergio?

- I hear you're real worried these days
- Yeah, I'm looking for Lorna,

- do you know where she is?
- I haven't seen her for ages

Breath deep Solaya

Be strong, everything's alright

Patrick

Take it easy
That's it

As a child I played with
dolls a lot, I loved dolls

Sometimes I'd give my dolls a belly,

I'd pretend they were pregnant
and then that they gave birth

and then that doll
would become a woman

I'd love doing all that,

and on the theme on homosexuals,

on homosexuals that think

or dream about having children,

I see that as a neurosis or an illness

but it isn't

something to laugh about, on the
contrary, it's something very pure,

it's a very pure emotion
and should be respected

I think there's no emotion more pure,

no emotion greater

than a homosexual's or a
transexual's or a bisexual's,

they're creatures that have emotions

so powerful because they have

50% male feelings

and 50% female feelings

so they have very strong emotions,
they're people gifted with great

sensitivity and caring

- This time it was a boy
- Well now, a boy

Are you there?

What, are you getting scared?

You can't go back now

Don't get impatient,

I already told you that
to get things done takes time,

it's not easy

I get the feeling that you
changed your mind

and I'm sick of looking for you
like an idiot

I didn't change my mind
and I'm not scared

- Who is it?
- Open up please, it's me

Forgive me Sandra, I was at Lorna's
apartment and no one was there

Come in, you already woke me up

What will you drink?

Whiskey

Listen,
where's Lorna?

Do you know? I don't either.

When a woman falls in love
she does crazy things

- Lorna, in love?
- Yes, like a schoolgirl

You need to find her,

it's very important for her sake

The news story
that'll make her famous?

More than that,
it's important for both of us

Well I'm sorry, but Lorna took off

Who is he?

If I didn't know you
I'd say you were jealous

Let's make a deal, you let me
sleep and tomorrow I'll ask around,

there's always some one
who hears things, agreed?

Agreed. Since you can, sleep

- Are you an insomniac?
- Something like that

I'm sorry. You could sleep here but
my boyfriend will be here at 8 am

Good evening Margarita. I'd
like to talk to you for a bit

You're quite free to

and I'll give you a carnation,
you're lapel looks very lonely

- Did you like it?
- Very much

Maybe one day you'll
write something about us

- Would you like something to drink?
- No thanks, I'm in a hurry

Tony, who's Lorna's lover?

You know about it?
News travels fast

He's a handsome young man that
has nothing to do with the business

Now I'll be going stud, time's wasting

Hello

The carnation I promised you

Come now, are you crazy?

The flower is free

Keep it

I want you to tell me
something, it's all yours

- Will you make room for me?
- Go on in

You wanted to ask me something,
right?

Yes
Do you know where Lorna is?

No

What can you tell me about
the man who's with her?

Nothing

I've heard people talk about
him and I saw him one night

- Do you sell tobacco?
- What brand would you like?

- This one
- Thank you

Excuse me

It doesn't matter man

It was my fault, I don't know how-

Forgive me, I'm very clumsy

A purse is a woman's
most intimate possession

This is yours

- What did they tell you about him?
- Very little

You're a good woman Margarita

One day I'll write a story about you

- About me?
- Of course

Is it very important to
you to find out about Lorna?

- Very much so
- Come to my house tomorrow

Why can't we talk here?

- No, it's better we don't
- Very well

- What's up Loti?
- Hello

What's happening here? Lorna
disappears and Sandra is sick

They always blame me, and then they
say the choreography is horrible

- Will they be back?
- Yes, some day

But let's talk about something
else, how are things going for you?

Good

Do you know some place
where I can spend the night?

I get the impression that
no one in the cabaret

wants to talk about Lorna's
sainted boyfriend or about her

- What's your interest in that guy?
- I don't give a damn about him

So why are you so interested in her?

Listen, I should be the one asking
questions, it's my job, isn't it?

I must have a face
that inspires confidence

Lorna told me a lot about what she went
through at home and with her operation

She must have had it bad

Because of the operation?
I doubt it

It was a simple castration

You don't know how grateful
I am that you came Father

You don't hold a grudge against me?

Don't be silly son

How's mother?

You know how she is
She can't stand travelling

The operation consists of a castration

They cut through the middle
of the testicles,

they push the testicles up
and back to hold the gauze

and with the skin from the
testicles they make the lips,

exterior and interior

After some time

they do the second operation
which is the vaginoplasty

- Do you think what I've done is horrible?
- No

I always wanted to have a daughter

Your mother was never
a good companion for me

In a few days I'll be discharged

What will you do?

I don't know yet... dance,
I always liked dancing

So that's what you want

Deep down Lorna doesn't like
the cabaret

And you?

It makes me sick. I barely sleep and
when I do I dream of transvestites

and woman that were men

I don't understand it

You aren't happy either,
what's your problem?

They say I smell rotten

- We all smell a little rotten
- You too?

Me?
More than anyone,

I just hide it behind perfume

Will you find her?

I don't know, I have to.
It's like she's running from me

Does she have a reason?

Maybe she's scared

I was very brusque with
her last time I saw her

What are you doing here?

You see, when I get bored I like sitting
around on stairs and waiting for friends

- Are you very upset?
- No,

I think it's fun running around
like a madman for two weeks

after someone who doesn't
want to see me

Lorna, I don't like being toyed with

We're in this together and
you're not holding up your end

Let me go, you're hurting me

I want you to know something,

I won't let some shitty
bar wench ruin everything

I won't fail

You didn't see her after that?

It's like the earth swallowed her up

Fuck, you bit me

My sexual relations are normal

My vagina is...

very sensitive

Sometimes just contact,

contact with the penis

unburdens me, how do you say?
It unburdens me

and inside it's even more sensitive,

but just a touch just a soft one,
excites me desperately

The mouth can also make me
feel very good, I love it

I'm a woman who doesn't care
if I have sex

from in front or from behind,

I love it. I'm very sexual,
very passionate, I love sex

In my clitoris I have
monstruous sensitivity,

I can unburden myself

Logically I like penetration better,

it's much better, I like it more

but when there's no way, I do
it myself, it has to be done

I do it myself

The house isn't very pretty
but you'll like the coffee

She seemed very happy,
she said she taught classes

- Where?
- I don't know exactly,

in an institute of the churches
or something like that

Lorna told him about me once

What happened was that one
night she was very happy,

she told me that her boyfriend
could help me

Here's his card

- Are you Sergio?
- Yes, get in

When you called me I thought
you at least knew where she is

I asked to meet you
with the same hope

I met her by coincidence,

I think she impressed me
from the beginning

The truth is I have no
experience in this sort of thing,

I don't even know why I went
to the cabaret

but she made it all very easy,
she's an extraordinary woman

Why did you say she was
acting strangely?

I'm not naive,and though she
seemed sincere

she never really gave herself to me

- Hello
- Hello

This is all so unexpected, so sudden

I never thought this could
happen to me

Don't make fun of me

I'd like to stop time right now,

when I with you I feel so good

I'll always be with you

I'm not so sure

What are you afraid of?

I just want you to be patient,

one day I'll tell you everything

I don't care what happened in the past

- That's a very easy thing to say
- Don't say that

I couldn't live without you anymore

Since I met her I had the feeling
that it was madness,

that it couldn't end well

Why do you say that?

Where was a professor of geology
going to go with a woman like her?

- That depends on you two
- Maybe you're right

She seemed to be in love,

but you must know
much more about her than I do

Some more, just a bit,
it doesn't matter

- Isn't she with him?
- No, she isn't

This is all very strange

Lorna was bitter,
she wanted me to help,

all of a sudden she
meets a guy and disappears

Yes, she changed,
she was different before

Was she always happy?
Did they ever argue?

No, they never argue, but
Lorna wasn't always happy

No, let me go, let me go

- Let me in, let me in
- Get out, get out

Please, no, leave me alone

I can't, I can't, get out

Leave

Lorna, open up

Open up

One time she could make
excuses, a second time as well,

but she wasn't always going
to be able to refuse to make love

with the man she was with

No, not everything was happy in the
relationship between Lorna and that man

- Why didn't she just tell him?
- Tell a man like him?

But she found a solution, right?

I don't know what you're talking about

Lorna had to fix her problem
first, what was her solution Sandra?

She planned on getting a vaginoplasty,
do you know what that is?

Its when they elongate the vagina
with a bit of intestine.

Now you know everything

I thought she had gotten the operation
and they were together somewhere

Did she tell you she planned
to get the operation?

Yes, she even asked me for money

One last question Sandra,
is the operation expensive?

Very expensive

- Could someone have lent her the money?
- Yes,

I don't know who, but yes

Well now,
you're around here again

What's wrong,
did I ruin the party?

- Let me out
- He was just leaving Franco

- What did you tell that guy?
- Nothing Franco, nothing

We'll find out soon enough

- Hello
- Hey, how's it going?

I'm going to tell you everything I
know about Lorna,

- I want you to find her
- Go on

I didn't dare until now, I'm a coward

What happened?

Everything was going very
well until one morning

I showed up at her house

Hey man, it's you, how's it going?

It's very early,
Lorna's still sleeping

And what are you doing here?

Lorna wasn't feeling well last night
and she asked me to stay with her

You don't suspect me of anything,
right?

Of course not

- What's wrong, is she sick?
- No, nothing, just a headache

Go on, go on, I was just leaving

Eduardo, what a surprise
Why didn't you call?

In any case, I'm glad you came

Would you like some coffee?

What's wrong, are you upset?

I haven't been able to sleep
Lorna, we have to talk

What do we have to talk about?

Lorna, to be intimate with you
I've had to struggle with myself

- I don't know
- And what?

I've never been able to
make love to you, why?

Why Lorna?

What is this game?

No, it's not that, it really isn't that

What is it then?

- Do you really want to know?
- Yes

No one has ever forgiven me for it

What has no one forgiven you for?

That I was born a man

You've made such a fool of me

But I'm a woman Eduardo,
I always have been

That's why you didn't want me
to go to the cabaret,

everyone knows there, right?

How they must have laughed

But you never fooled me,

I always thought you were nothing
more than a whore, you hear me?

But you aren't even that,
you're a monster

Have you ever thought of working
in a circus instead of a cabaret?

Tell me, am I not a woman?

I acted like an idiot

The day after I tried to see her,

and since then I've been
the saddest man in the world

Do you understand? I love her

- What's that guy doing here?
- I don't know Franco

- Should I wait for you?
- Not tonight, no

- But you want something from me, right?
- Yes,

if you needed money
urgently, who would you ask?

I'm not rich, but I have a bit
saved. How much do you want?

I'm being serious, who would you ask?

- The club's owner
- That's no good

- Perhaps Tony Greco
- The transvestite?

Yes, he could be

- Goodbye Loti
- You're leaving?

Yes

Get out of my way, I don't like people
getting in my way, I've told you before

The legs

I'm going to kill you

That's enough, leave him alone

- No, I don't want to
- I said that's enough

Let's go

- What happened?
- You got here a little late

Why did they do this to you?
Why would they?

- Because they were paid to
- What do you plan to do?

Start all over, and I only
have one clue: Tony Greco

- Hello Mr. Sergio
- I want to see Tony

He's busy, he has guests

That doesn't matter,
tell him I want to see him

- I'll go tell him. Come in, come in
- Thank you

Come on Sergio, you can join us

Come in Sergio, come in

Forgive me for not inviting you
but I wanted things to be intimate

I want to speak to you Tony

Wait. Stay with us now that
you're here, we'll talk later

The rings

Do you pledge to love each
other freely all your lives,

to live in mutual respect and
help one another in adversities?

Yes, we swear

This document gives you
joint ownership of your goods

Sign here Solaya

Tony

- Will you write a story about this?
- If you want

It'd make me very happy

- I'll write one if you do me a favor
- Tell me, what do you want?

Did Lorna ask you
to lend her money?

Is that what you want to know?

- Did she ask or didn't she?
- Yes

- Did you give it to her?
- Yes, I did

What did she need it for?

How should I know? When I do
someone a favor I never ask

- Did Lorna get her operation?
- She was determined to get it

Since she met that man
it's been like an obsession

One day when I was performing

And now we travel to Hollywood,

and in Hollywood a star is
introducing herself

Good evening ladies and gentlemen

Good evening maam,
do you like my outfit?

Yes? I got it at
Frederick's of Hollywood

Sir, do you think I could go to my
hometown like this? Are you sure?

Do you know what the mayor tells
me everytime I go back home?

Either you leave or we
set the city on fire bitch

Well, I live my life and I'll show
it to all of you through song

Maestro, hit it

What's wrong, why are you crying?

I'm sure it must be that guy's fault

They're all the same

- I need to get my operation Tony
- Aren't you operated already?

Yes, but it was just a castration

I need to get a vaginoplasty

I have to be like all of the other
women, don't you understand?

You're crazy. It's very dangerous,
you'll never find a doctor

Besides, it's illegal,
you'll get in trouble

It doesn't matter. I'm in
love with him, I can't lose him

- Who could've done the operation?
- I don't know a thing Sergio,

I swear, I only gave her the money

Sandra was supposed to
come by today to give me the news,

- but you know what happened
- What happened?

Franco treated her badly

Leave it alone Sergio,
don't get mixed up in this

Let's see, hold still just a moment

Alright, now you by yourself Solaya

- What's going on here?
- I can't, don't ask me to talk

- What are you afraid of?
- I don't know Sergio

Where's Lorna?

Look at me Sergio,
I can't do any more

Who's hiding it?

Loti told me she'd take care
of everything

What did you arrange Loti?
Why, why?

Because she would have
done it anyway,

it was better to go to someone
we could trust

- Where is she, where?
- I don't know, I don't know

The joke's over

Take me to where Lorna is,

or would you prefer I go
to the police?

Let's go

Don't put on makeup, it's forbidden,

the doctor might get upset

It's none of your business

Besides, if I die I want
to look pretty

The doctor never loses a patient

That's true,
you're right, I was joking

Besides, someone who has a
will to live like I do can't die

The problem is that you're jealous,

I'm much prettier than you are

Pretty or handsome?
- Shut up

No matter how many operations
you have

you'll never become a woman like me

Come in

Naturally if a person
feels that they're a woman

and had many disappointments
in their life

they'll want to have a sex change

They have to be sure
they want to be a woman,

it won't be something
for business or money

because afterward's it'll be very bad,
it could even drive a person mad

Vaginoplasty is a very painful
and dangerous operation

It consists of removing part
of the large intestine,

a part that isn't that isn't much used

They put it in the place
where until now,

there was only a hole
from the castration,

that's where they
put the piece of intestine

It brings with it the intestinal fluid,

which is the same fluid
a woman has,

and it's also spongey and it
has a section like a clitoris

that can orgasm
just like any other woman

They can have sex with a person

without them ever knowing
they were a boy,

it's totally perfect

There's many women
who aren't very deep

so they have a vaginoplasty
to deepen their vagina

It's a normal and common
operation for women, actually

It's not just limited to sex changes

The secretiveness of vaginoplasty

is the most dangerous part
of the operation

There could be a problem going in

and if the operation isn't legal
you can't call other doctors

because it's something illegal

so that's what makes it
so dangerous

Being illegal, being an illegal
operation is such a problem,

you can't get a
medical team to assist

- Where is it?
- That way

Let's go

She died from a heart attack

but it doesn't mention what kind of
operation they I was performing on her

I falsified the death certificate

If I was in the same situation
a thousand and one times,

I'd make the same choice
a thousand and one times

She wanted to live so much

She told me if I didn't help
her she would kill herself

And now ladies and gentlemen,

I have the honor to present
the Enigma of the Stage

Is she a man? Is she a
woman? Judge for yourselves!

Performing now, Eva Bravo!