Transamerica
Released Date
March 3, 2005
Distributor
The Weinstein Company
Genre
Comedy
Rating
R
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$9,015,303 + $6,136,441 = $15,151,744
$9,015,303 + $6,136,441 = $15,151,744
A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
About
Written and directed by Duncan Tucker, the film follows Bree, a transgender woman, who finds out that she fathered a child 17 years ago. Bree decides to take her son out of his abusive home in New York and road trip back to Los Angeles together.
Trivia
The film was nominated for two Academy Awards. Most of the wardrobe and props were donated to charity after filming.