Germany 2025by Tanne Brodel
Etchika Pollex has lived in the wrong body for 62 years - Olaf's body at.But then he decides to have gender reassignment surgery and Olafbecomes a woman on the outside too.For two years, author Tanne Brodel sensitively accompanied Etchikawith her camera. She went with her to in search of traces of her memories, accompanied her to operations and experienced Etchika in manyexceptional situations. She documents insights into a dramatic life.The viewer experiences a traumatized youth who grew up in the GDR and struggles for 62 years to find his identity. Olaf goes through hopes and aberrations, becomes a rich businessman in West Berlin and finally a successful boxing promoter. But every stage of Etchika's life is associated with inner conflicts, suffering and a rollercoaster of emotions.The daily look in the mirror becomes the compass of her life.Etchika talks openly in the documentary:About drug use, hopelessness, sex in the wrong body, travesty and a longing for death.In the credible and sometimes humorous interviews, she conveys that the crises were and are also associated with the courage to make decisive changes.She says that she has still not arrived; there are unsolvable conflicts that remain.Despite everything, Etchika loves herself more today than she could ever love Olaf.
The invisible Woman
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