Call Me Marianna

2015

75 min

7.3

Ends at

Her ex-wife won’t meet her. Her daughter rejects her. Her mother still calls her “son.” As Marianna transitions from male to female, she is abandoned by her loved ones, alone in a world unwilling to accept her true self. This multi-award-winning documentary is an intensely sympathetic and powerful account of one individual’s struggle to gain acceptance—even in the midst of profound physical hardship.

Budget

$0

Genre

Documentary

Director

Karolina Bielawska

Country

Poland

Cast & Crew

Marianna Klapczyńska

Jowita Budnik

Mariusz Bonaszewski

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Call Me Marianna

Her ex-wife won’t meet her. Her daughter rejects her. Her mother still calls her “son.” As Marianna transitions from male to female, she is abandoned by her loved ones, alone in a world unwilling to accept her true self. This multi-award-winning documentary is an intensely sympathetic and powerful account of one individual’s struggle to gain acceptance—even in the midst of profound physical hardship.

  • Marianna Klapczyńska

  • Jowita Budnik

  • Mariusz Bonaszewski

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