Miss Mona (1987)
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Jean Carmet, Mohamed Ben Smail, Albert Klein, Albert Delpy
A newly unemployed undocumented immigrant turns to prostitution after taking advice from an aging transvestite seeking money for gender-affirming surgery.
The story
Samir, a young North African immigrant living in France without legal status, has just lost the under-the-table job that was keeping him afloat. He meets Mona, an elderly transvestite who lives in a caravan and makes a living through card reading, pimping and petty scams. Mona also turns to prostitution, though with little success, and hopes to save enough money for an operation to become a woman. Samir wants false papers to secure his future. At Mona’s advice, he begins prostituting himself, setting the two on parallel paths shaped by financial need and precarious lives.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Samir, a young North African immigrant living in France without legal status, has just lost the under-the-table job that was keeping him afloat. He is approached by an elderly transvestite who lives in a caravan and earns a living by reading cards, pimping, and carrying out petty scams. He also prostitutes himself from time to time, with little success because of his age and appearance. His goal is to save enough money to have an operation and become a woman. Samir, for his part, wants to get false papers. On Mona’s advice, Samir begins prostituting himself…
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