„Risk, Stretch, or Die“ 60 mn, © 2007
Direction, camera, sound, editing: Saskia Heyden
Music: JP Coppens / Sound Mix: Alex Fox, Jutta Haasmann
French Drag King Océan LeRoy has been a celebrity in Berlin’s transgender scene
for years. Famous for his performances of quick transition from woman to man,
Océan also lives the contradiction in real life: seductive Drag Star at night,
smart businesswoman during the day…
But who is the person behind these roles? And what is truly performance
and what reality?
For almost a year filmmaker Saskia Heyden took up the search.
In gently captured filmic moments unfolds an exceptionally
versatile personality. Through the close cooperation between protagonist and filmmaker the "Risk, Stretch, or Die" lets us participate in a very private world. Deeply moving in instants of intimacy, Océan LeRoy always stays ambiguous: between day and night, woman and man, openness and mystery.
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