Porpora is a road trip into the human adventure of Porpora Marcasciano, a transsexual who has been a protagonist in the feminist, communist, and transgender movements from the XNUMXs to today.
Neither man nor woman, her identity is in perpetual transition.
On a journey from Bologna to the South, towards her hometown, she retraces with Vittorio, a younger traveling companion, an experience of battles that still endure today.
From the explosion of '77 to the wild nights in Rome to her political commitment, Porpora tells a new generation how individuality produces social change only by merging and realizing itself in multiplicity.
At 65, Porpora bears the burden of her lightness: without hiding a certain weariness, her playful interpretation of the world accompanies the desire to tell and unravel the thread of trans history with her own original and provocative testimony.
If current activism appears threatening to some and residual to its protagonists, if past activism is interpreted as mythological and inert, what will be the synthesis of a transgender woman and her traveling companion at the end of this research?
DIRECTOR'S NOTES
Porpora Marcasciano is one of the most influential and active transgender rights activists in the world today; she is a woman of the people for the people.
Porpora It's a film that, through its protagonist, recounts the struggles of the entire transgender community. It's a film that revolves around the protagonist, allowing viewers to independently understand the substantial difference between stardom and leadership. With this film, I set out to present viewers with a choice: to close their eyes and believe someone can intervene for them, or to open them and realize the necessary internal transformation we all need to work towards.
Those who go to the cinema will not simply watch a documentary about the life of Porpora Marcasciano. In this film, Porpora is simultaneously subject, narrator, guide, and witness. Just as Porpora was in his time, Vittorio (the film's co-protagonist) will be guided and made aware of a truth. At the end of the film, which of the two figures will viewers be able to identify with, considering our approach to the topic of transsexuality?
