Port Authority

Port Authority

  • Danielle Lessovitz
  • 2019
  • 1h 34m
  • USA, France

New York is burning! The film that excited the crowds of the Un Certain Regard of the Cannes Festival, following a path of liberation for its central hero as a different world opens up before him when he meets and falls in love with a young trans woman. With Fionn Whitehead of Dunkirk.

Synopsis

20 year old Paul arrives at the Port Authority Bus Terminal of New York, where he meets Wye, a charming trans woman, whom he falls in love with at first sight. When he discovers that Wye is trans, he begins a journey of self-awareness full of challenges, during which he is called upon to confront his own identity and what it means to belong somewhere. Official entry in the "Un Certain Regard" section of the 2019 Cannes Festival.

Port Authority
Details
Also known as
Σταθμός: Νέα Υόρκη
Festival screenings
Language
Subtitles
Age rating
15+

Official Selection

Cannes Film Festival

2019

Official Selection

Thessaloniki International Film Festival

2019

Creative Europe Media
European Union
EPAnEK
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