The Color of Fame
2008 Venezuelan film
- 7 February 2008 (2008-02-07)
The Color of Fame (Spanish: El tinte de la fama) is a 2008 Venezuelan drama film about a Marilyn Monroe poser and a transsexual who believes to be her reincarnation. The film was Venezuela's official submission for the 81st Annual Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.[1]
Plot
Magaly (Elaiza Gil) enters a television contest looking for a Marilyn Monroe lookalike for a $25,000 prize. Her husband, Arturo (Alberto Arifa), believes is the best way to get through the financial crisis they are facing. As the challenge goes by, Magaly partners with Héctor (Miguel Ferrari) who believes to be the Monroe's reincarnation in a "third world transsexual man". She begins to lose her identity and follows the same downfall of the late actress.
References
- ^ "Latest Academy News". Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 10 September 2014.
External links
- Official website
- The Color of Fame at IMDb
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Venezuelan submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- El Pez que Fuma (1978)
- The House of Water (1984)
- Oriana (1986)
- Jericho (1991)
- Knocks at My Door (1994)
- Sicario (1995)
- One Life and Two Trails (1997)
- Loop (1998)
- Glue Sniffer (1999)
- Oro Diablo (2000)
- Una casa con vista al mar (2001)
- The Archangel's Feather (2002)
- Sangrador (2003)
- Punto y Raya (2004)
- 1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel (2005) (disqualified)
- Maroa (2006)
- Postcards from Leningrad (2007)
- The Color of Fame (2008)
- Libertador Morales, el Justiciero (2009)
- Hermano (2010)
- The Rumble of the Stones (2011)
- Rock, Paper, Scissors (2012)
- Breach in the Silence (2013)
- The Liberator (2014)
- Gone with the River (2015)
- From Afar (2016)
- El Inca (2017)
- The Family (2018)
- Being Impossible (2019)
- Once Upon a Time in Venezuela (2020)
- The Inner Glow (2021)
- The Box (2022)
- The Shadow of the Sun (2023)
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