She knows it’s not sexual, but she’s enjoying the attention. When Carlos turns up at her apartment soon after, the Queen doesn’t quite know why he’s being friendly. One night the place is raided by the police, and the performer is shot the Queen escapes and is unexpectedly protected by Carlos (Leonardo Ortizgris), a very hetero-looking guy who stuck out like a sore thumb in the bar. Eking together a living by doing embroidery for the wives of military bigwigs (while turning occasional tricks at an adult cinema), she lives in a large dilapidated apartment on a rundown street, but her real life is at night with fellow queens at an underground drag bar. Alfredo Castro’s versatility shouldn’t be taken for granted, but how can we not when he keeps delivering one fully rounded performance after another? Here he’s the nameless “Queen of the Corner,” a transgender woman without an ounce of self-pity living on the margins of society.
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