The title of the film “A Fantastic Woman” only means what you first think it does once you get to know its heroine, a transgender singer named Marina Vidal, who is dismissed, denigrated and worse for living what others believe is a “fantasy” existence in Santiago, Chile. Directed by Sebastián Lelio and nominated for an Oscar this year for best foreign language film, “A Fantastic Woman” is masterfully deceptive and even enigmatic. The plot is familiar to the point of being predictable, and Lelio takes his time allowing us to see who Marina Vidal really is.

 

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