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Title
El camino de Moisés
Director
Cecilia BarrigaDate
2004Origin
SpainDescription
Documentary portrait of Moisés and transformation from his previous identity as Ana: A quest for a reference model that integrates significantly through his voice and opinions of his friends.
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“The great problem that global society would face would be the disappearance of individual identity in favor of an individual constructed, pre-designed and planned by a small elite." - Cecilia Barriga
Moisés, single, twenty-nine years old, lives in Barcelona, works in a printing house. As a co-worker comments: “ Moisés’ path is not the Camino de Santiago ”, it is not a common path, nor a planned one, a hard constant struggle and a construction of himself from scratch. The decision has been made some time ago, now it has to be given shape: hormone therapy, surgery, modification of official identity documents (for which he must not have breasts or ovaries, although surgery is not necessary, there is a draft law that would require the imposition of the penis to change identity) and public recognition. An ordeal narrated through the voiceover of Moisés himself.