The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela

The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela is a 2008 drama film directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson.

The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
Written by	Olaf de Fleur Johannesson Benedikt Jóhannesson
Produced by	Arleen Cuevas Olaf de Fleur Johannesson Stefan C. Schaefer Helgi Sverrisson
Cinematography	Rune Kippervik Butch Maddul Ragnar Santos
Edited by	Benedikt Jóhannesson Olaf de Fleur Johannesson Dagur Kári
Music by	Pavel E. Smid
Distributed by	Poppoli Pictures
Release date	10 February 2008 (2008-02-10) (Berlin International Film Festival)
Running time	90 minutes (orig.); 80 minutes
Countries	Iceland Philippines France Thailand
Languages	Icelandic Visayan English Thai
Budget	$400,000 (estimated)

Premise

Raquela, a Filipino transsexual prostitute dreams of making a new life in Paris. She becomes an Internet porn star and meets Valerie, an Icelandic transsexual, and Michael, the owner of the website she works for.^[1]

Cast

• Raquela Rios as Herself
• Stefan Schaefer as Ardilo, Michael
• Olivia Galudo as Olivia
• Brax Villa as Aubrey
• Valerie Grand Einarsson as Valerie Einarsson

Distribution and reception

The film showed at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film.^[2] It has been screened in the Emerging Visions section of the 2008 South by Southwest festival in the United States.^[3]

It received the Grand Jury Prize in the 10th 2008 Cinemanila International Film Festival at Malacañan Palace's Kalayaan Hall.^[4][5][6]