© 2007 60 min. Documentary
French Drag King Océan LeRoy has been a celebrity in Berlin’s transgender scene for years. Famous for his performances of quick transition from woman to man, Océan also lives the contradiction in real life: seductive Drag Star at night, smart businesswoman during the day.
Yet who is the person behind these roles? And what is truly performance and what reality?
For almost a year filmmaker Saskia Heyden took up the search. In gently captured filmic moments unfolds an exceptionally fascinating personality, who goes beyond traditional gender categories but also very well knows how to play the game within them. Through the developing close cooperation between protagonist and filmmaker the film lets us participate in a very private world. Deeply moving in instants of intimacy, Océan LeRoy yet manages to stay ambiguous: between day and night, woman and man, openness and mystery...
Yet who is the person behind these roles? And what is truly performance and what reality?
For almost a year filmmaker Saskia Heyden took up the search. In gently captured filmic moments unfolds an exceptionally fascinating personality, who goes beyond traditional gender categories but also very well knows how to play the game within them. Through the developing close cooperation between protagonist and filmmaker the film lets us participate in a very private world. Deeply moving in instants of intimacy, Océan LeRoy yet manages to stay ambiguous: between day and night, woman and man, openness and mystery...
