Ladyboys
1992, 52 minutes
Genre
documentary   feature (45 min or over)  
Keywords/theme
Thailand   kathoey   urban   rural   transvestites  
Media type
film/video  
Country of origin

United Kingdom

Filming locations

Thailand

Technical specs

Colour

Languages

English/English

Content Warnings
Unreviewed
Images
Three vertical pannels reveal a face with a slight smile and dark eye make-up. The film title appears in cursive script above the image, and the descriptive text for the film spans down the right side.

Three vertical pannels reveal a face with a slight smile and dark eye make-up. The film title appears in cursive script above the image, and the descriptive text for the film spans down the right side.

Description

A documentary film about the struggle of two teenage kathoey, or Thai male-to-female transgender persons, to leave the rural countryside and become famous transvestite performers in the glamorous cabarets of Pattaya.

Letterboxd. “Ladyboys (1992).” Accessed April 25, 2025. https://letterboxd.com/film/ladyboys/.

Cast & Crew
Crew