Mexico - 2005

Tropical Model

Synopsis: Claudia, a transvestite returns to her hometown in order to perform a musical show. Upon her arrival she finds out about the murders of two transvestites, as well as the disappearance of another. She, in turn, decides to call off her show in order to investigate the tragic events. While carrying out her own inquiry she meets Captain Rómulo, the person officially in charge of the investigation. Both decide that the best way to catch the murderer is by organizing a cat-walk event at the King-Kong bar, where they can assemble all the transvestites and gays of the Coastal region.

Christian Valdelièvre is an independent producer with two companies, Lulu Production and Cine Pantera.

Prior to that, he was an investment banker for 18 years. He started producing movies in 1999 withSexo, pudor y lagrimas, that became the largest ticket-seller in the history of Mexican cinema.

He then produced several other movies and, most recently, the award-winning Temporada de patos directed by Fernando Eimbcke which participated in La Semaine de la Critique in 2004 and has been invited to more than 70 festivals.

Rigoberto Perezcano is a filmmaker with a strong interest in the dramatic possibilities encountered in documentary film.

His recent documentary XV en Zaachila has participated in festivals within Latin America, the United States and Europe, received prizes at the Mexico City Contemporary International Film Festival and the Morelia International Film Festival, and was nominated for the Ariel, among others.

The same documentary was also broadcast on the National Geographic Channel. His long feature project Modelo tropical was awarded a grant by the Rockefeller MacArthur Foundation.