The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998). A transitional film in adolescence.
Synopsis:
Adolescence is experienced in different ways by each individual, in addition to the different contexts add emotions dotted with sadness, happiness or perhaps adventures. In this film the main character is called Sebastian Cole, who is a 17-year-old teenager who until that age had had a common life in a normal place and within an ordinary family nucleus. Until one night, at a typical family dinner and in the presence of the mother, sister and father; the latter decidedly to affirm that a woman feels inside and that her male body makes her feel trapped; So a sex change surgery will be performed. This revelation was fulminant and dissolves the family, where Sebastian's sister goes to California, Sebastian's mother and he go to England with the idea of leaving aside such an event. Meanwhile, that Sebastian's father stays in town to build his new facet.
However, after Sebastian will spend a season in England; He feels he does not fit in that context and makes the decision to return to his old town and life, together with his father. At that time, the father was already dressed as a woman and his name was now Henriquez. Sebastian assumes the decision that this fact simply cannot be ignored and instead of fleeing, he decides to assimilate it and stay with his father; but in front of the others he presented him as "his stepmother".
After arriving from England, a relationship continues with Mary, a girl who enjoys rampant sex and cigarettes. But, everything ends when he says: I love you ... It seems that Sebastian is afraid and stops dating her and begins to frequent other people. Like Mary, who soon replaced him with another boy from school.
Sebastian in spite of everything, is a calm boy who likes to have fun and go out to party; In one of these she meets a girl who, together with her sister, owes money to a pimp; which kidnaps her and claims to hold her until they both cancel a debt of $ 5,000. Sebastian pities the girl and helps him escape. Although in return he does not receive a thank you. One of the most notable moments in history is when after having learned to understand his father and love him; He loses his life in the middle of a sex change operation. The fact of the loss really affects Sebastian emotionally.
My opinion:
It is a film that tells a story of acceptance and adaptation to the changes we sometimes face in life. It also denotes the love for others and for the acceptance of the wishes of others even though they run against our thoughts. Dilute a story of transition in an important stage of life, when it goes from adolescence to the stage of adulthood. At the same time, it has a nice cast and the nice Henrriqueta and its tampons are somewhat jocular.
