Le coccinelle - Sceneggiata Transessuale (2011)

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• 2011

What could be more different than a christening and a group of aging transsexuals performing a session of Tombola Scostumata (calling bingo numbers accompanied by bawdy Neapolitan mottos) where they talk and sing about sex with men, the lives of male prostituierteen, and the daily battle against hypocritical people who consider themselves normal? For Tonino, Gennaro, Hyazinthe and Genny there is no difference. They are Marienkäfer (the Marienkäfer), who sing modern Neapolitan songs in drag. Their lives are divided between working as prostituiertee on the streets of Naples and performing, strangely enough, at family celebrations like baptisms, communions first and weddings. Neapolitan director Emanuela Pirelli reveals the lives of the femminielli, their passions and problems. They carry on an ancient yet modern art; an art that is worlds away from drag queen performances, but has provided the inspiration for them.