A story of forbidden queer love
A conservative society in the early 1900s, opulent period costumes, new desires, a mysterious energy; Orlandos is a portal into another era. Starring KAy Garnellen and Sulema Vasquez (Drykettle), and directed by Julia Ritschel, this XConfessions period drama adult movie tells the story of a woman breaking free from her restricted life to meet her forbidden lover, a trans man, who shows her the world of seduction, freedom and lust.
Inspired by Orlando: A Biography, the pioneering 1928 queer novel by Virginia Woolf based on the life of her lover Vita Sackville-West and the first English language transgender fiction, this movie is a love letter to all of the Orlandos out there who are living and loving outside of gender restrictions.
Cast & Crew
Director: Julia Ritschel
Photographer: Katja Feldmeier
Performers: KAy GarnellenSulema Vasquez (Drykettle)
This is an experimental, artistic movie that uses metaphors, and not dialogue, to tell a story. Based on Virginia Woolf's book that follows a protagonist who lives across three centuries, changes genders, and loves regardless of gender; prepare to travel back in time through English literary history to a time of sexual repression and discover some hidden desires on top of an antique bed.
Erika Lust
