For the first time, a transgender,
Geraldine Roman, is elected to a post at The House of Representatives. Ms.
Roman is the duly elected congressman of the first district of Bataan. In
Spain, she worked as a senior editor of a newspaper and speaks Spanish, French
and Italian. A Catholic practitioner while married to her male partner;
equipped with degrees in journalism and politics, Geraldine chooses to become a
public servant, like her father.
In the 17th century,
Queen Kristina at age 18 was crowned the king of Sweden, but was also regarded
as the queen. Her sexuality and brilliance considered her as the “queen” of the
contemporary LGBT members. During her time, she was accepted and respected by
her constituents.
During her
coronation, at age 18, Kristina pronounced her intention to end thirty years of
war between Catholics and Protestants and to educate her subjects. Her quest
for knowledge drew her to the philosopher, René Descartes and the French
Ambassador, Pierre Hector Chanut, and became life-long friends.
The movie,
“The Girl King”, which is directed by Mika Kaurismaki, is a true-to-life story
of Queen Kristina of Sweden. Back in 1933, the first film version, “Queen
Christina”, starred the popular and “mysterious” Greta Garbo. It was critically
acclaimed and was a box-office hit.
Hollywood
insiders knew Garbo’s sexual preference. The gossip mill lingered that she was
a lesbian. But none was openly revealed regarding her private life. She
remained in demand and was the highest paid actress during her time, until her
self-imposed retirement.
The latest
movie version, “The Girl King”, portrays Queen Kristina (played by Malin Buska)
as an enigmatic young woman, beloved by her father, rejected by her mother and
raised in a conservative Lutheran court.
Falling deeply in love with her lady in waiting, the stunning Ebba
Sparre (played by Sarah Gadon), she is left confused and wanting. She is torn
between reason and passion, between the ancient and modern worlds, and the
brilliance of her educated and curious mind and the pressures in an empire
determined to uphold tradition.
Queen
Kristina was a revolutionary free thinker, a connoisseur of art and sciences, a
precursor of the feminist movement and a strong visionary as a politician. She
was truly a “new” European way ahead of her generation. But at the same time,
she was a confused, restless, eccentric, and isolated young woman.
“The Girl
King” opens on the 1st of June of this year, with an MTRCB rating of
R-16 without cuts. It is an exclusive film release of Solar Pictures. For more
details about #TheGirlKing, visit @solarpicturesPH on Facebook, Twitter, and
Instagram.
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