Honestly, this was such a refreshing film. Rather than leaning into the familiar trans victimhood narrative, it goes somewhere much more nuanced and compelling. It unapologetically allows its trans protagonist to inhabit two spaces usually treated as incompatible for trans characters. She pursues her sexual fantasies while also attempting to create the kind of family life trans people have historically been excluded from. The film’s point is basically that identity holds multitudes, and it refuses to confine her within society’s expectations. A girl can have it all, and this film argues that confidently.The main character is a successful, famous trans theatre actress. She’s fierce, highly sexually active, and entirely unapologetic about it. One night, she meets a gay Mexican lawyer who remained in Argentina, let’s be real, for the hot men. They’re strongly attracted to one another and begin a relationship. He meets her family, and before long it’s obvious that having a relationship hasn’t altered her behaviour whatsoever. She continues hooking up with local men on the side, and their relationship is openly defined as just that: open. The film takes a turn when they choose to adopt a child, and near the end we learn that the child is HIV positive. Yet this shift toward domesticity and building a family doesn’t go over well with her trans friends, who think she’s betraying them by trying to slot herself into a conventional life. At the same time, their relationship develops, changes, and endures plenty of highs and lows. There’s a continual clash between convention and her rebellious, free-spirited side.…