The Body/transmutationem
_The Body/transmutationem_ is a poetic and intimate documentary short that explores gender transition through the intersecting journeys of two queer individuals. Set to the verses of Uruguayan poet Eduardo Galeano, the film blends everyday scenes, sensitive interviews, and contemplative imagery to examine bodily transformation, identity, and freedom.
| Director | Bleue Pronovost-Teyssier |
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“The church says: the body it's shame. The science says: the body it's a machine. The publicity says: the body it's a business. The body says: I am a party!!!”
It’s from this quote by Eduardo Galeano that Bleue Pronovost-Teyssier builds their film The Body/transmutationem, in order to explore the relationship between the body and trans identity.
We meet Miko and Aimer, two trans men from Québec who open up about the role the body plays in affirming their masculinities within a society that constantly questions their identity. By choosing split screen as a formal device throughout the film, Bleue alternates between the two protagonists, exploring questions such as misgendering, bodily transformation, and the various consequences these experiences entail. Miko and Aimer share both the way they see themselves and the way others perceive them, through comments made about their appearances — which they shape through sport, intimate moments before the mirror, and testosterone treatments that can sometimes verge on becoming an almost addictive "substance."
Fortunately, the body remains a celebration, a space for creation and expression. And we’re reminded of this when, at the end, their stories merge into one single, shared narrative body.
Clément Guillaume
Filmmaker and former student of ÉMCV
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Français
15 mn
Language: Français
Subtitles: Franais -
English
15 mn
Language: English
Subtitles: English
- Année 2024
- Pays Quebec
- Durée 15
- Producteur Bleue Pronovost-Teyssier, École des métiers du cinéma et de la vidéo
- Langue French
- Sous-titres English, French
- Résumé court Through the verses of a poem by Eduardo Galeano, queerness reveals its transformative and liberating contours.
- Ordre 3
“The church says: the body it's shame. The science says: the body it's a machine. The publicity says: the body it's a business. The body says: I am a party!!!”
It’s from this quote by Eduardo Galeano that Bleue Pronovost-Teyssier builds their film The Body/transmutationem, in order to explore the relationship between the body and trans identity.
We meet Miko and Aimer, two trans men from Québec who open up about the role the body plays in affirming their masculinities within a society that constantly questions their identity. By choosing split screen as a formal device throughout the film, Bleue alternates between the two protagonists, exploring questions such as misgendering, bodily transformation, and the various consequences these experiences entail. Miko and Aimer share both the way they see themselves and the way others perceive them, through comments made about their appearances — which they shape through sport, intimate moments before the mirror, and testosterone treatments that can sometimes verge on becoming an almost addictive "substance."
Fortunately, the body remains a celebration, a space for creation and expression. And we’re reminded of this when, at the end, their stories merge into one single, shared narrative body.
Clément Guillaume
Filmmaker and former student of ÉMCV
-
Français
Duration: 15 minutesLanguage: Français
Subtitles: Franais15 mn -
English
Duration: 15 minutesLanguage: English
Subtitles: English15 mn
- Année 2024
- Pays Quebec
- Durée 15
- Producteur Bleue Pronovost-Teyssier, École des métiers du cinéma et de la vidéo
- Langue French
- Sous-titres English, French
- Résumé court Through the verses of a poem by Eduardo Galeano, queerness reveals its transformative and liberating contours.
- Ordre 3
