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  • Jean-Gina B. (1984)
  • 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Jean-Gina B. (1984)
90 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

This film is based on the true story of Jean Bella, who served as an officer in the Belgian Marine while being convinced, from an early age, that he was in fact a woman. Director Jean-Pol Ferbus follows Jean Bella and makes him talk about ...See moreThis film is based on the true story of Jean Bella, who served as an officer in the Belgian Marine while being convinced, from an early age, that he was in fact a woman. Director Jean-Pol Ferbus follows Jean Bella and makes him talk about his life, psychological and spiritual experiences and reveals the true poet who remained undisclosed for most of this person's life. The film ultimately isn't about transexuality but about loneliness one can experience when he/she feels very deeply that she/he belongs to the two sexes and this in a deep, almost religious, fashion, to such an extent that sexuality itself is being erased from one's life. Jean-Gina Bella is a woman in the body of a man who bravely lived a life on the sea, eventually fighting the elements, talking to God when lost on the immense solitary ocean. This testimony is a very touching and poetic one. Written by See less
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Writers
Jean Bella (manuscript: Du rêve au défi) (script) | Jean-Pol Ferbus (adaptation) (dialogue) (scenario) | Zoé Zurstrassen (script) (as Marie-Noëlle Zurstrassen)
Producers
Gérard Despouy (producer) | Jean-Pol Ferbus (producer)
Composer
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Jean-Marie Antoine
Self - Apostle Self - Apostle   See fewer
Jean-Marie Buchet
Self - Apostle Self - Apostle   See fewer
Béatrice Camurat
Self - Jean-Paul's friend Béatrice Self - Jean-Paul's friend Béatrice   See fewer
Pierre David
Self - Apostle Self - Apostle   See fewer
Jacques de Windt
Self - apostle Luc (as Jacques Dewindt) Self - apostle Luc (as Jacques Dewindt)   See fewer
Gérard Despouy
Self - Apostle Self - Apostle   See fewer
Philippe Graff
Self - Apostle Self - Apostle   See fewer
Michel Israël
Self - Réceptioniste (as Michel Israel) Self - Réceptioniste (as Michel Israel)   See fewer
Suzanne Jorion
Self - Maria Magdalena Self - Maria Magdalena   See fewer
Philippe Laudenbach
Self - Docteur Self - Docteur   See fewer
Boris Lehman
Self - Apostle Self - Apostle   See fewer
Roland Lethem
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Jean Meyer
Self - Apostle Self - Apostle   See fewer
Rik Roesems
Self - Apostle Self - Apostle   See fewer
Pierre Speyer
Self - Apostle Self - Apostle   See fewer
Cara Van Wersch
Self - La veuve Self - La veuve   See fewer
Jean-Marie Wasterlin
Self - Pompist Self - Pompist   See fewer
Winston
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