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Title
Bitter Secret
 
Original Title
Enthüllung einer Ehe
 
 


He is about to change his life - and become the woman he has always been inside…

 
Genre
Drama
 
Year
2000
 
Language
German
 
Format
16 mm
 
Length
88'
 
Cast
Dominique Horwitz, Nina Hoger, Frederik Defant, Diana Peuker, Angelika Hart, Katharina Franken, Elert Bode, Dieter Goertz, u.a.
 
Crew
Directed by: Michael Verhoeven
Written by: Nicole Walter-Lingen, Michael Verhoeven
Director of Photography: Stefan Spreer
Music by: Martin Grassl
Producer: Martin Bach
 
Produced by
Bavaria Film GmbH
 
Produced for
SWR and Maran Film GmbH
 
How well do you really know the person who shares your bed, your life? This is the question that begins to plague Jana when she discovers a tube of lipstick in her husband's coat pocket and, later, women's clothing among her husband's things. Is Roman, her husband of 17 years and father of her two children, cheating on her? If only it were that simple… Her anger pales before the shock she experiences one day when she follows Roman and finds him in full drag at a self-help center for transsexuals. Her world collapses. Roman is devastated, yet relieved that he can finally tell her the truth: that he has always felt he was a woman trapped in a man's body, ever since he can remember. And that he still loves her and their two children. Jana struggles to understand, ultimately coming to terms with Roman's situation. Her love - for Roman and her children - gives her the almost superhuman strength to fight for her family and for Roman's most ardent wish: to undergo the operation that will transform him into a woman. Ahead of them lies a journey filled with hate, prejudice and incomprehension, a journey into the unknown…
 
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