My second film from Sri Lanka this month and it couldn't have been more different. This one was an Asian "Boys Don't Cry", except our heroine was older, plumper and had taken a wife (who she honestly believed did not know she was a woman). There was no real explanation whether her years of living as a man was for economic necessity or a trauma in her past or just a pyschological quirk. However all of the men in the movie were despicable. After a minor accident her workmate takes her to the nearest doctor, who happens to be an uncaring abortionist, who immediately discovers her secret; however, this fat, thumb-sucking pig develops a deep lech for her. Her workmate also fancies her, but he thinks she is a man and he is that way inclined. She works as a mechanic and her boss is a philandering brute. When she continues to rebuff the doctor, he gives away her secret with brutal and tragic results. A strangely powerful film, but disturbing as well.
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