Tamara (2016 Venezuelan film)
Tamara is a 2016 Venezuelan film directed by Elia Schneider. The film is about a successful lawyer who takes the decision to start a gender transition. It is inspired by the life of Tamara Adrián, the first transgender person elected to the National Assembly in Venezuela and the second transgender member of a national legislature in the Americas. It became the highest-grossing film in Venezuela in 2016. Plot The film revolves around Teo, a successful lawyer and university professor, married and with two children, who decides to start a gender transition. Production Schneider tried to present the film as a representation of transphobia and not as a biographical film. Although key moments of the life of the politician remained, the script was rewritten several times to conceal aspects of her life. According to Tamara Adrián, around 40% of the film was reality, while the rest was fiction. Luis Fernández, the actor that depicted Teo, said that it was the most difficult role of his career and that it was the first time that he interpreted a woman. Fernández met with Tamara herself to design the character. At the end he decided not to imitate her, but rather tried to express