I Am a Woman Now

Whoever wanted a sex reassignment surgery in the 1950s could do so in Casablanca at French gynaecologist Georges Burous clinic without fear of psychological examination The French transgender singer known as Coccinelle was one of the first to use Burous services and many others followed Michiel Van Erps film follows five women who underwent surgery during that time just before the sexual revolution and the Gay Liberation movement of the 1960s Intimate interviews reveal their lifestyle what made them change their sex how it influenced their lives and how they cope with the unavoidable ageing