UNDER MY DARK SKIN
Country: Argentina
Year: 2019
Duration: 93 minutes
Genre: Fiction
Synopsis
Morena is a trans woman who lives with her elderly mother in the southern area of Buenos Aires suburbs, in a comfortable family home. The relationship with her mother is peaceful. One of her peculiarities is that during her adult life Morena has only worked in metallurgical workshops, another one is that she is determined to never consent to paid sex.
She usually hangs out with other transvestites, one of them is Claudia, who having graduated as a teacher has just started her first job as a substitute teacher, another one of them is Myriam, who is very young and beautiful and is immersed in a maelstrom of excesses linked to working as a prostitute with police protection.
Morena receives information letting her know that Ricardo, her current partner, has lied to her from the very beginning, he is married, father of two children, and fakes a perfect heterosexual facade. Aware of the lie, Morena decides to end the relationship.
Marcia is a friend of Morena’s. She is a beautiful young heterosexual who only establishes love relationships with older or married men so as not to compromise.
By sharing the experiences that take place around her, Morena discovers how difficult it actually is, something that could be basic, to be accepted and loved for being who she is.
TECHNICAL CREW
Script, Producer and Director: JOSÉ CELESTINO CAMPUSANO
Executive Production:: LEONARDO PADÍN, MÓNICA AMARILLA
Production Chief: DAIANA CERMELO
Director Assistant: MARCOS IZAGUIRRE
Director Assistant 2: MARTINIANO CABALLIERI
Director Assistant 3:: MAURO ALTSCHULER
Locacions Chief: FACUNDO FAGIANI
Production Assistant: ROGELIO FARAH
Photography and Camera: ERIC ELIZONDO
Music: CLAUDIO MIÑO
Art: MICOL METZNER
Costume: VERÓNICA VELASQUEZ
Continuist: GISELA VILLANUEVA
Make up: STELLA MARIS JACOBS
Gaffer: FABIÁN FORTE
Still Photo: SILVINA FERAUD
1º Camera Assistant: SEBASTIÁN BRAVO ALMONACID
2º Camera Assistant: MARIO VARELA
Lighting Technician Chief: FRANCISCO DE SANTIS
Lighting Technician: MATÍAS MOCCIA
Sound Director in Set: NAHUEL REYES SOSA
Sound Recordist: FRANCO MARENCO
Key Grip: HORACIO FLORENTÍN
Props: MATÍAS CÁCERES
Hairdresser: INGRID ROSS
Direction Trainee: LAURA REY
Production Trainee: FERNANDO GUERRERO
Sound Trainee: JOSÉ LUIS REALES, DAVID AMARILLA
Edition: HORACIO FLORENTÍN
Sound Director: ASSIZ ALCARAZ BAXTER (ASA)
Dubbing Editor: ROSARIO CAVOTI (ASA)
Sound Pre-Mix: ASSIZ ALCARAZ BAXTER (ASA)
Foley Recording: ROSARIO CAVOTI (ASA)
Sound Mix: LUCAS MEYER (ASA)
Sound Mix Study: EL CONO DEL SILENCIO
Subtitles: MARÍA MERCEDES RIZZUTI
Postproduction Lab: LAHAYE POST
Color Correction: DAVID VARGAS
Online Conform: WALT GONZALEZ
CAST
Morena MORENA YFRÁN
Claudia MARYANNE LETTIERI
Marcia BELÉN D’ANDREA
Myriam EMMA SERNA
Ricardo JULIÁN SILIBERTO
Morena’s mother ANA LUZARTH
Joaquín PABLO FAZZARI
Worker 1 FRANCISCO BEBER
Worker 2 JUAN MANUEL BENITEZ
Worker 3 DANIEL RAMÓN PASSARELLA
School Director ROSARIO GÜENAGA
Preceptor FERNANDA GOROSITO
Student’s mother ANDREA DIGORADO
Alicia ROCÍO ROCHA
Young 1 HASAN NIM
Young 2 JUAN MANUEL MARTINEZ
Heredia GUSTAVO FANETTI
Policeman 1 GUILLERMO MOLEDOUS
Policeman 2 HERNÁN MERLINI
Manager ESTEBAN REZK
Teenager JOSÍAS RIQUELME MOLINAS
Carmen CARLA MANSO
Young Travesti SIENNA SUAREZ
Truck driver DANIEL CHAVES
Nurse VANESA LOPEZ
Myriam’s father LUIS MANCINI
Policeman drunk 1 CLAUDIO SANTORELLI
Policeman drunk 2 DIEGO ROMERO
Cleaning Employee VERÓNICA BARBATO
Marcia’s work partner CAMILA SEBIO
Office worker BRENDA GIULIANO
FESTIVALS
Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina
