Jean-Gina B.
Jean-Gina B.

Jean-Gina B.

10.0

1 hr 30 min

1984-01-01

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This film is based on the true story of Jean Bella, who served as an officer in the Belgian Marine while being convinced, from an early age, that he was in fact a woman. Director Jean-Pol Ferbus follows Jean Bella and makes him talk about his life, psychological and spiritual experiences and reveals the true poet who remained undisclosed for most of this person's life. The film ultimately isn't about transexuality but about loneliness one can experience when he/she feels very deeply that she/he belongs to the two sexes and this in a deep, almost religious, fashion, to such an extent that sexuality itself is being erased from one's life. Jean-Gina Bella is a woman in the body of a man who bravely lived a life on the sea, eventually fighting the elements, talking to God when lost on the immense solitary ocean. This testimony is a very touching and poetic one.

Documentary

Trailers

Characters

Jean Bella

Jean Bella

Self

Béatrice Camurat

Béatrice Camurat

Jean-Paul's friend

Jean-Pol Ferbus

Jean-Pol Ferbus

Self

Michel Israël

Michel Israël

Receptionist

Philippe Laudenbach

Philippe Laudenbach

Cara Van Wersch

Cara Van Wersch

Widow

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