Tiresia

Tiresia

NR 2003 · 115 min · ★ 5.9 · Drama

Based on the legend of Tiresias, it tells of a transgender woman who is kidnapped by a man and left to die in the woods. She is then saved by a family and receives the gift of telling the future.

Directed by Bertrand Bonello · Written by Luca Fazzi

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