My Dear Young Miss
(Mi Querida Señorita)
Jaime de Armiñán / Spain / 1971 / 84 min
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Adela, a provincial middle-aged spinster, gleefully accepts the engagement of a local businessman before becoming appalled by his physical advances. Upon the advice of her local priest, she sees a psychiatrist, who discloses the unspeakable: Adela is, in fact, a man. Horrified, she moves to Madrid and begins a new life as Juan. Far from being just a transgender drama, the film is about boundless desire, showing that love pays no attention to reason.Criticism understood that this time, the result was very different from the erotic fashion sketches. My dear young miss is a learning history full of pain and doubt, and is also a story of love beyond any obstacle, any rule, any limitations. You need not stay in appearances but to discover what lies beneath. In short, My dear young miss is one of those Spanish films that arise from time to time and that can be called good without any kind of paternalism.