The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela is a 2008 drama film directed by Olaf de Fleur Johannesson.

Premise

Raquela, a Filipino transsexual prostitute dreams of making a new life in Paris. She becomes an Internet porn star and meets Valerie, an Icelandic transsexual, and Michael, the owner of the website she works for.

Cast

Distribution and reception

The film showed at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film. It has been screened in the Emerging Visions section of the 2008 South by Southwest festival in the United States. It received the Grand Jury Prize in the 10th 2008 Cinemanila International Film Festival at Malacañan Palace's Kalayaan Hall.