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This story is based on the book "Dressed in Blue", by Valéria Vegas

and includes references to the documentary "Dressed in Blue", by Antonio Giménez-Riso.

The past is based on the experiences of the protagonists,

but the present is pure fiction.

Action!

Do not drink. Those breasts!

Short!

Action!

- Wow, what hair! - Cut!

Action!

Action!!

What a beautiful mansion, huh?

How wonderful!

Careful! It's going to hit me.

- Hello, Tamara. - Very good.

And you, Loren,

What would you like to do after the film?

Well look,

I would like to buy a big house for my mother in Trebujena

so that for the rest of your life,

she lives in peace.

And I will be by her side, so she doesn't feel alone.

And the truth is that I would like to see her happy.

Action!

I would love to meet a boy

and that he loved me as I loved him.

And may he love me above all for who I am,

and start a family, have my own apartment...

It's what I want most in this world.

I would like to open my own beauty salon

and that my mother would come and meet him

and do your hair.

Did I look pretty?

I see myself succeeding,

demonstrating what a great actress I am.

I see myself being the protagonist of the best films in the country

with the most avant-garde directors of the moment.

My biggest dream is to be successful in everything...

on television, in the cinema... In everything!

Because for me, the stage gave the best of life.

If you take this away from me, you'll kill me.

I always dream

that one day we will be treated like the human beings we are.

But most of all,

that those who come after us

know and value

how much we fought.

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CHAPTER 1 LOREN

There are many forgetting devices,

of exclusion, of erasure.

There's the closet, the omission...

Yes, but also our own silence,

because we who have identities different from the cishetero structure,

we were not just erased by others,

but also for ourselves.

This is why it is so important that we focus much more

in what unites us, rather than in what separates us,

because, historically and for many years,

many of us were expelled,

- excluded from our homes... - Exactly.

Or our families.

The only thing we always had was our friendship,

because we weren’t even allowed to have “children”.

Who wants to have children?

Well, it looks like someone wants to talk.

- What is your name? - Hello, my name is Jônatas.

I'm listening to you talk and it seems to me that we've fallen

in complacency and we live based on memories.

Memory is also being built right now in the streets.

- But without forgetting the past. - Wait, that person is right

when you say that sometimes we cling too much to the past

and we forget what happens on the street.

Furthermore, we will not defend the traditional hetero model

of family and children to leave as a legacy,

because as a collective we are much more than that.

I've done a lot of movies, right?

It may seem incredible to you, but I worked with Almodóvar.

Well he cut my head off in the picture

and the truth is that I didn't find it very funny,

but I made a lot of films, even horror films.

And I don't exactly mean the "Glam Hotel".

Well, if we go to music...

In music I have a lot to tell you.

I started singing couplet .

Because I liked typical music.

But then I changed the style a little to something more...

Sacha, love, thank God you called me.

How are you? How was Malena?

Not very good, actually. Not as I expected.

I don't know why I'm doing this book.

Plus I just got home,

I saw the moving boxes and I didn't dare open them.

It's just been a while since you broke up with Miguel.

Well, I'm not calling to give you very good news, okay?

What happened?

Rocío, from Valencia, passed away.

- What? - We must go as quickly as possible.

Of course, of course. I will pick you up.

Hey, do you have gum or something around here?

I think it's in the glove compartment.

This is it?

Miguel gave this to me.

Love, if you need to talk about Miguel

or about adoption, I'm here.

I am fine.

Well closed.

And how are you? How was your date?

My meeting?

My date, like you. It was good, super good.

- Seriously, tell me. How it was? - I do not know well.

What happens is that I start with my paranoia

and all my insecurities and I get “stuck” in it all the time.

He thinks I'm super beautiful, super feminine and...

It feels like I'm already waiting for you to notice

that I'm not woman enough.

And let him date a cis woman, which is what they always do.

I have no patience for those who are just starting out.

- Hello my love! - Mommy!

- Hello, Sacha! - How are you?

- Can you give me some more? - And how is work going?

Good, but overloaded, to be honest.

Well, normal, aunt, you do everything;

the radio, the TV, the lectures... Everything they send you, you accept.

Because I don't know what will happen tomorrow,

But I also don't accept everything.

But if you're overwhelmed, I don't know if it's worth it.

And you? You didn't eat anything. Didn't like it?

Yes, Lola,

What happens is that I fill up quickly.

Well, for dessert there's pudding.

In fact, I made a delicious one for you to take to Miguel.

Dozen bombs.

And how is he?

Well, he's as usual.

You know Miguel is a little simple, so... With his things.

Hey, I really like pudding. Will you come with me and we'll take this?

Cristina, Cristina...

I miss you so much.

DRESSED IN BLUE - 1998

Mom, do we still have the VCR?

Yes my dear.

Well, here we are.

We are already here.

What beautiful.

- And where is the bitch going? - Hey? I will drink.

- Loren, where have you been? - They told me you were traveling.

- Yes, I was away. - When traveling, nothing. Outside, nothing.

- Well, beautiful, I've been away. - I say what I was told.

- Let her tell the truth. - She was at the Carabanchel hotel.

- Yes, yes. - And tell me if what they say is true

that there you have to fuck everyone by force.

Lie. You fuck whoever you want.

What happened here?

Wasn't this ribbon that Cristina gave you?

Shit! Cum!

You know how it was. She watched herself on TV and went crazy.

- What is happening? - I'm sure they recorded it over it.

Well, nothing, friend, we ran out of film.

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RESULTS FOR: DOCUMENTARY DRESSED IN BLUE

"Dressed in Blue" is a 1983 Spanish documentary,

produced and directed by Antonio Giménez-Rico.

The film portrays the lives of six transgender women,

the majority forced to prostitute themselves to earn a living.

What a shitty night, girls.

- Hello girls. - Hello. How is the night?

- Not as good as yours. - They tell me that and I don't believe it.

Even on Christmas Eve I have more customers.

I'm leaving.

When you have a bad night, you need to know how to escape.

- Go away, so we can play more. - Look at her.

Loro! You are a parrot with so much pipe.

Do you know what I'm going to do?

I'm going to get up, my ass feels like a rock.

Quiet!

And that noise?

- Did you hear that, aunts? - Cum.

It's a siren...

- It's the police. - C'mon C'mon.

Is this a war?

- Screw this. - Star Wars.

The only thing missing now.

- How barbaric! - Are you crazy or what?

That the entire Congress is full of police and soldiers

- or whatever. - And what the fuck does it matter?

There is something happening that will end in war.

- Shall we take them somewhere? - No, leave them.

They are used to managing on their own.

A war, he said. It will be less.

I, like you, was going home.

Sandra, weren't you going?

- Let's go? - Come.

- Are you going to Cuatro Caminos ? - Yes dear.

- Well, I'll go with you. - Loren, and you?

I? I have four roads ahead until I reach Vallecas.

- Come on, let's go. Goodbye. - Let's go girls.

- See you later, whores. - And you, newbie, don't go alone,

- that you don't know Madrid. - And there's a long way to go, right?

Come with me, let's go the same way.

Let's go there.

Girls,

like Little Red Riding Hood, beware of the wolf.

Be careful, go.

So, Loren, have you been doing this for a long time?

All in life.

Well, not in my entire life, since I became Loren.

And where are you from?

I'm from a city in Zamora.

Wow, what good muffins they have in Zamora.

I'm from a very beautiful city of Cádiz.

- It's called Trebujena. - When did you arrive in Madrid?

I remember it perfectly.

It was in the 60s, right after doing military service.

What suffering it is to do military service.

And thank God life placed you as my companion

my friend Tambourine.

He was very effeminate, like me.

It's just that without friends we are nobody.

And how good it was to have her there.

They don't even say thank you, Lore.

It looks like the cat ate their tongue.

And what were you waiting for, daughter? They barely know how to speak.

They're dumber than donkeys.

See, where is Soria?

Soria? What did you miss in Soria?

That brunette over there.

Just what I was missing!

Soria is to the north, above Madrid.

They make really good butter there.

I have nothing to do in Soria, right? Because he doesn't even look at me.

These people kill themselves with sticks. One day you wink at him,

and, when you least expect it, your hand is there.

And do you know what's happening, Rocío?

That in those years I still didn't even know who I was.

What I knew was that I didn't fit in there.

- Lorenzo Arana. - Present.

Control your tone, boy.

I was already looking good, daughter.

Three,

four,

five.

And now five more. For Spain!

And long live Spain, son.

But do you want to know? There are things that cannot be hidden

and we always have to chase our dreams.

- Tambourine. - Say.

Here, son.

Don't smoke everything at once.

Hey, what about Oviedo?

How annoying are you with this world map.

What I don't know is how you can stay here,

because there's this thing that stinks.

I have my little corner like the golden streams.

Come on, elegantly.

Hey, and where are these two going?

Where else? Search for women.

Women? Here?

Not here, you idiot. On the streets and in ports.

Go look for whores.

Well, I was told that she's coming to perform in Seville.

That French woman who is so beautiful...

The one they say was once a man.

Do you want to go see?

I? I don't believe any of that. This is all a lie.

It's advertising, nothing more.

Besides, how do you and I get to Seville, Dona Encrenca?

- You're a troublemaker. - I will.

Now, if you want to stay... You know.

And do you know what happens?

So our friends,

without realizing it, they change our destiny.

Let's see...

Let's see who comes back next.

You certainly have some ideas, son.

They said it is the first surgery in the world.

- What did you operate? - The pussy.

- What? - She had surgery on her pussy!

Sorry.

Perobinho.

Wherever you go, you have to attract attention.

Thanks.

Ladies and gentlemen,

with all of you,

Ladybug.

She is beautiful. She looks like a doll.

I read in a magazine that she was in the army.

And look at her now.

What things do they do in France, huh?

Hey, where is France?

And that night we discovered

that we don't deserve to live in secret.

And that's what I tell you, Rocío, our friends

They are the most important thing we have in this life.

With human death, ours and that of our loved ones,

Our hearts are moved and our minds are confused.

This is why it is important not to think of death as an end.

Life is short,

but the signs remain after us,

signs of love,

footprints that others will remember fondly

and joy

and they will help you keep going.

This is why I turn to all of you to ask:

Someone wants to honor us with a few words

in memory of Rocío?

A servant, Father.

Good afternoon, dear friends.

This afternoon, for all of us, is a very sad day.

We are here to say goodbye

from our dear friend Rocío,

that I know you all love her very much

because she was a wonderful, stupendous aunt.

I especially loved her as a sister.

Furthermore, I would dare say that I loved her like a mother.

I will always remember how she took care of my dogs

so I could go on holiday to Almería

see my family, my parents and my brothers.

But although today is a very sad day,

we also have to remember her

because of how happy and fun she was.

Above all, the mother of whores, because she was the first

the first to charge per minute.

They called her the Taximeter.

With all her pussy.

I still remember the day that man arrived and said:

"Rocío, tie me up."

And she tied him with handcuffs to the bed

and the keys are gone.

The guy was tied there for three days,

so they had to put diapers on him.

How fun she was.

- Is this story true? - Yes.

This afternoon we gathered all her friends from Valencia

and the family you formed.

So wherever you are, rest in peace.

Amen.

Thank you very much for these beautiful words.

For Rocío, let us pray an Our Father.

You liked the paella, right?

He stayed to live.

- She's super cool. - Paca, look and see one of her.

- Come on, roll the dice. - Look, again with the dog.

- How beautiful with her puppy, right? - Yes.

Come on, Paca, shake the cup with the dice and roll, baby.

Look look.

4!

1, 2, 3... Definitely.

Dear, by the way,

Tomorrow I come to clean the house,

see how dirty it is and how much old rubbish there is.

- And that's how I help the family. - If you want, I'll go with you.

Yes. If you come and help me, even better.

And you take some of the old things you have,

- which I know you love. - One thing, girls.

Do you remember the movie “Dressed in Blue”?

- Yes. - And none of you have that?

- No no.

I met Loren.

We were colleagues and friends at the office.

Serious? Do you think she kept the tape?

No dear. It's been many years since the poor thing died.

And why do you want that tape now?

If this is older than...

- Nobody sees that anymore. - Nobody wants that anymore.

That's because people don't understand what we do.

Precisely for this reason. I would love to see it in full.

What I want to see is "Papá Piquillo".

The one with the monkey in Chiquito de la Calzada?

- I love. - 7, 8, 9. Home.

My aunt killed me!

Well, the game is over.

You stay here, I'm going home,

I'm going to call my brother to see how Angelico is.

- What happened? - What happened to him?

An annoyance. They detected cancer, honey.

Sir. I am really sorry. From what is?

I think they detected this in the prostate.

I'm sorry, Paca.

- This week he will operate. - In Madrid?

In Madrid. Then I have to go to Madrid.

You can stay at my house if you want.

Thank you, dear, for offering me your home.

Because I would stay alone in a guesthouse, but I'd rather stay with you.

Although I will stay in the hospital longer.

Good luck, Paca.

Everything will turn out fine. Trust in god.

Don't worry, Juani, I'm very positive.

Now there are many advances. Baby, I'm leaving.

- A kiss. See you tomorrow, darling. - See you later, my life.

- Goodbye. - Take care, darling.

You can count on me.

- See you later. - Goodbye My Love.

- Girls, I'm leaving. - See you later. Good afternoon.

Hey, Valéria, if you want, come back tomorrow for a coffee

and I tell you things about Loren.

Also, I have a lot of old old lady's bow ribbons.

Perhaps the film you are looking for is available.

Well, it's not here, Juani.

Are you not there? Well, what a shame, daughter.

Did you know that yesterday I couldn't sleep thinking about Loren?

The things he remembered about her.

And how did you meet?

More or less, since I arrived in Madrid.

Well, since the year 86.

And of course from the first night we met at the office,

we became good friends.

Evil tongues called us Pili and Mili.

At work, I put her in every painting I could,

because it was old and had fewer customers.

And I, young, cute...

You now see me as mystic

but I was once too much of a caterpillar.

But don't think that the picture was made to be painted, okay?

"Framing" is when we do little things between us.

That everything is a lie, therefore everything is a joke.

Yeah, I know.

The things they must have experienced.

If I told you.

Look, on Christmas Eve...

Did you also celebrate together?

Of course, silly. If we were intimate,

How not to celebrate together?

But, Valéria, she didn't like Christmas at all.

- Anything! - And that's why?

Because it didn't bring back good memories.

Lute...

Lute doesn't know anything.

From what she told me,

Loren was serving in a noble family.

She's even worse.

I think that's when she started to realize

that many people don't care about us.

You know, Valéria, in this life there are always classes.

One moment, dear ones.

I want to make a toast

to the health of my eldest grandson, Jaime,

who will soon turn 21 years old.

- By Jaime. - By Jaime.

Don't eat the cheese, it's expensive.

Who cares? These people eat all year round, Pepa.

Take this before it gets cold. How is it up there?

How are you? Like a Turkish woman with a piano.

You see, you hear and you shut up.

But it's true, Pepa. How would you be?

They're talking about Lute, the one who was trapped in Porto.

It's not that Lute. You do not even know.

He is the Duke of...

Little girl!

Is this the granddaughter's husband...?

Himself. It's their greatest entertainment.

Whenever they can, they are criticizing him.

They are afraid that...

And you, the one who looks, listens and remains silent...

Baby, but it's one thing to get caught

and another is to make your future wife

go through such a ridiculous situation.

Do you think he cares what people think?

He only cares about himself.

And was he caught? Yes, but she doesn't believe you either

who has such a beautiful neck to display any jewelry.

I would take good care of myself, if I were Lute,

to keep my fiancée happy.

Even more your grandfather, we forget who we are talking about.

This shameless...

Method.

- That's what I was looking for. - Goodnight. As we are?

- Is there fire? - I don't think so,

- but I'll look for it. - Can I?

- Yes Yes. - That's enough for me.

Have you been here long?

Where are you, son? In Madrid, in the house or on the balcony?

Don't be funny, man. At home.

It will be four years that I have been in the house,

in March.

I've been studying abroad for years and that's why I haven't seen you.

- In France? - Yes.

- Like Conchi's daughter? - Yes.

You don't know the things you learn there.

What is your name?

Loren... Lorenzo.

Lorenzo.

I love Madrid at night.

Because it seems to me the same as any other place.

Who said?

Is different. There is something...

I don't know. Something special.

Special?

And you? Is it the fastest in the west?

Don't worry, I won't say anything.

What is this degenerate doing to you?

Goes into! Home! Come!

You're going to regret this, sicko.

Sick!

Weird!

And don't even think about coming back,

because we have put up with enough absurdities all these years.

Boy.

I knew this would happen at any moment.

Pepa, he started.

Yes, but he is whose son he is and you come from where you come from.

Pepa, he didn't serve in the army

and I served.

Yes, but with or without military service nothing will happen to him,

I already know these stories.

Come on, take it.

What is this?

It's the address of the house where my cousin works.

I will speak well of you.

They are Americans, from the Torrejón base.

Because they are American, they are more modern.

Thank you very much, Pepa.

Come on, go.

This small gesture changed Loren's life forever.

She went to that house and there she could be who she always was.

And that's when I met her.

My goodness, Juani.

How lucky they were to have met each other.

How important it is to share our lives and our stories,

- Do not you think? - Yes my dear.

Above all, be close to people who love you and care for you.

And she never spoke to you about the film?

Yes, of course the bitch was talking about the movie,

But I didn't care.

But yes, I would like to review “Dressed in Blue”

to feel close to Loren.

- Can I help you with something? - Yes.

All we have here are jewels of the seventh art.

See, "Perverted Schoolgirls."

Yes, each one has a different price.

The one I'm looking for is called "Dressed in Blue" and it's from the 80s.

- And Spanish? - Yes.

Well, what do I know. It'll be there, I don't know.

Look hard, darling, see if you find it.

- It's here, Paca. - What did you say?

It's that?

How ugly! It looks like horror.

- 100 euros. - Like 100 euros, if it says 10?

Of course it says "10", but that's the old price.

Like 100 euros? If this film is from the last century?

- This is a lot of money. - I didn't think about paying for all that.

You've lost your mind. It's crazy, 100 euros.

Well then.

- Paca. - What?

- Distract him. - And what do I say to this crazy person?

Ask him...

Pede "Papá Piquillo", stops Beinve.

"Papai Piquillo"?

Well, I'll leave this one and look for another one.

Hey, come here.

I want you to find a movie.

My daughter wants to know if you have a movie

who is called "Papá Burillo" or...

- "Papa Piquillo." - Pi... Pickle.

- From Chiquito de la Calzada. - That's it, the monkey one.

- That. - Get him for me.

Look, ma'am, here.

Look, here it is, it's true.

Search now for "Papá Piquillo 2".

- "Papa Piquillo 2"? - Yes, the second part.

- Madam, that doesn't exist. - How not?

- No, Madam. - But they told me...

- "Papá Piquillo 2" does not exist. - Well I...

I'll take this and "Papá Piquillo 1".

OK. You think I'm stupid, right?

I loved it when I was a kid.

20 euros.

Girl, so much work to buy "The Jungle Book" and nothing else.

No, silly, it was my masterpiece.

Wow. She left her aunt behind.

Well, I was about to hit the guy without thinking.

- Hi Mom. - Hello.

- How much time? - I don't know, about ten minutes.

Okay, so let me know.

- "The Jungle Book"? - Don't ask me why I have this.

So I don't ask about Miguel either?

I sent him a message on Instagram, because I hadn't spoken to him in a while.

And he told me they've been separated for two months.

When were you going to tell me?

Sorry, mom.

I just don't know what will happen to us

if we don't tell each other things.

I just didn't want to worry you.

But I worry, Valeria.

How am I not going to worry?

It's just... I don't know, I don't know.

I'm with...

I can not find...

I don't know what I'm doing with my life or my work.

I'm lost.

And how Miguel?

Don't have a solution?

I do not know.

What are you going to do about the adoption issue?

I don't know.

Forgive me my girl,

The important thing now is that you are well.

No, not that.

Sorry.

I thought I could throw it away.

These are the magazines I found at Rocío's house.

Maybe I'll throw them away later, but I want to review them first.

In fact, I found the VHS of “Dressed in Blue”.

- That's good, darling! - Yes, finally.

Tomorrow I'll see Paca and the others, but...

But I think we could watch it together now.

Of course my love.

I love you so much...

- Me too, sweetheart. - I love you so much...

FOR VALERIA

"Dear Valeria, I'm sending you this letter

because you're the one who knows how to write and I don't pick up a pen

since I was in Mallorca in 93.

I'm sure this is nonsense,

but I want you to read it to my girls,

for Paca, for Juani, for Bienve, for everyone.

They don't know,

but before arriving in Valencia and getting to know them,

I tried my luck in Madrid.

It was a horrible night with tanks and soldiers in the streets

But I managed to make some friends.

It was the night of February 23rd,

although we discovered this later.

We all have a lot in common,

But sometimes life takes us down very different paths.

Who knows if in Madrid I would have become a movie star,

like the artist I always was.

This was unthinkable at that time,

someone who wanted to tell our story,

since history never cared about us."

"The hostages are expected to be released within the next few hours.

It was a very difficult few hours,

but Spain is a strong country, a united country.

In this country we walk firmly..."

“However, for me, life took a very different path.”

"anti-democratic attitudes.

It seems incredible how, after 40 years of dictatorship,

This type of undemocratic behavior exists.

Together we achieve

an exemplary monarchical and constitutional system."

“They say that who we are is because of what happens to us.

I disagree,

I believe that we are who we are, despite what happens to us.

Now that my end approaches,

I begin to realize that that night was the most important of my life,

because what happened to me led me to leave Madrid

and look for a quieter place in Valencia.

Thanks to this decision,

I found more than friends, I found a family.

I will always be very grateful for giving me a place with all of you,

and that's why I'm writing to you,

to say that I love them very much.

Dew."

How sad from Rocío. Poor thing.

- Did you know all this? - No.

That's the problem, girls,

It seems like sometimes we don't even know ourselves.

We can't keep these things.

That is true.

If we don't value our lives,

- how will others value it? - And what are we going to do?

I, of course, will write.

I'm going to make a book.

Another book?

My God, another book!

A book about what, Valeria?

A book about the girls from “Dressed in Blue”,

that will end up as forgotten as the film.

Do you think this really interests anyone?

I don't care who cares.

There are hundreds of books that don't interest me and they are there.

Enough of giving us so little importance.

If this book inspires or helps even one person,

As happened with Cristina, it will be worth it.

I agree. I support you.

- Count on me. - Count on us.

And I'm going to start today.

Well, start with me.

And then with me.

And once I start talking, I don't stop.

What is that? Are they?

How wonderful!

What a pleasure to meet you.

Sasha! How are you, bitch?

You don't know how much I wanted to meet you.

In memory of Isabel Torres, Laura Frenchkiss

and all those who didn't have their stories told.

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