Welcome to the world of Marieta, a pre-op transsexual who longs to remove her last eight inches. When asleep, her dreams transform into lavish and vivacious musical numbers...from Madonna to Dusty Springfield. Bursting with the colour and sparkle to Hollywood musicals, the flair and attitude of Priscilla, and Almodovaresque camp, this gem is one of the most inventive and entertaining movies of the year.

Marieta is a pre-op transsexual street hooker who yearns for a better life and a vagina. She lives with a dwarf of indeterminate sexuality and frequently takes care of her neighbour's son (who, in a further gender game, looks like a girl.) Marieta's got a problem, she's a narcoleptic who is likely to fall asleep at any time and anywhere. What's wonderful for us film goers is that when Marieta dreams, they are full-scale musical numbers - all beautifully choreographed and sung by Marieta herself. With several difficult scenes of Marieta with her customers, these musical numbers are a terrific diversion. A "huge" benefit to Marieta and her work is her 20 centimeters long penis that johns just love. One note to viewers is that you the viewer are spared nothing, this is not a Hollywood drag queen movie, there's some rough stuff here.

When Marieta spies a stud, Tomás, at the fruit market she falls asleep and he helps her to safety - maybe her dreams of a romance and better life are to come true. Mixing scenes of intense drama with musical numbers was a huge risk we think paid off with this wonderfully twisted film. Welcome to a brave new world.

Spanish with English subtitles.