Directed by Joris Lachaise
2023
Documentary
152 min
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France Colombia
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Spanish
“Transfariana”: a hybrid title blending “trans” with “fariana,” the Spanish term for female FARC members. In a high-security prison south of Bogotá, the ma- rriage of a FARC leader to a former transgender sex worker first caused a scandal and then led to a shift in opinion. Thanks to this “rebellious wedding” between Jaison and Laura, an unprecedented dialogue is initiated between members of the guerrilla and members of transsexual associations in the tolerance zone of Bogota. Gradually, their stories intertwine, and their struggles converge and compose a moving historical fresco in a context of political transition
Joris Lachaise's approach to filmmaking is based on the transition between his studies in philosophy to cinema. In 2005, he worked with Jean-Pierre Krief on Chronicle of a Trial Foretold, a film about the trial of Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi Special Tribunal. In 2009, he co-directed with Thomas Roussillon Like a bird in a fishbowl, the chronicle of a common struggle of asylum, gypsies, and homeless people seekers in Angers. In 2011, he directed Convention: Black Wall / White Holes, a film about the 50th anniversary of Mali's independence that won the FIFAI prize and was selected for the États généraux du documentaire in Lussas, France. In 2014, his film, Ce qu'il reste de la folie, was made in a psychiatric hospital in Senegal and won the Grand Prix at the FID Marseille festival before being selected for numerous festivals around the world. The film was released in French theaters in June 2016.
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