Change of Sex (Cambio de sexo) 47 years old

José Maria is a seventeen year old boy; his father is a successful restaurant owner in a town some distance from Barcelona, in Spain. The boy is intelligent and sensitive, but his mannerisms and habits, and lack of masculine drive, lead him to get bullied at school. The school principal decides that José is the disruptive influence, and asks for him to be removed from the school. The father berates the boy, and his mother, for his failure to be a red-blooded young man, and sends him away for a while to live with a friend in the country. Father visits the boy, and takes him to a strip club in Barcelona, run by a lady friend of his, intending that this will "cure" him of his sexual reserve. However one of the acts is a pre-operative transsexual, and there is a full frontal exposure at the end. Father has arranged that after the show...

Credits

Change of Sex Cast

Name Character
Lou Castel He was 33, now 81 years old as Durán
Victoria Abril She was 17, now 65 years old as José María / María José
Rafaela Aparicio She was 70, 90 years old when she died as Doña Pilar
Vicky Peña She was 23, now 70 years old as Adela
Fernando Sancho He was 61, 74 years old when he died as Padre de José María
Bibiana Fernández She was 23, now 70 years old as Bibí
Daniel Martín He was 4, 28 years old when he died as Pedro
Montserrat Carulla She was 47, now 94 years old as Madre de José María
Alfred Lucchetti He was 43, 77 years old when he died as Médico
Rosa Morata as Fanny
María Elías She was 22, now 24 years old as Lolita

Change of Sex Crew

Name Department
Vicente Aranda as Director. He was 50 (89) years old when He died Directing
Vicente Aranda as Screenplay. He was 50 (89) years old when He died Writing
Joaquim Jordà as Screenplay. He was 41 (70) years old when He died Writing
Carlos Durán as Story. Writing
Change of Sex poster
Change of Sex (47 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, March 13, 1977
  • Runtime: 108 minutes