TORONTO (AP) — In one of the dreamy moments of surrealism that punctuate Sebastian Lelio's otherwise realistic "A Fantastic Woman," the film's transgender protagonist, Marina (Daniela Vega), walks down the street but an extreme, exaggerated headwind makes moving forward nearly impossible. She's tilted, as if climbing a mountain, as the gale-force winds try to beat her back. To watch "A Fantastic Woman," Chile's Academy Awards submission, is to walk in the shoes of a trans woman, to feel the everyday indignities slung at Marina and be awed by her resolution in overcoming them.

 

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