Miss Mona (1987)
An aging trans woman dreams of becoming a real woman before she dies. Unfortunately, an old lover stole all the money he was saving so he could become a she instead. Miss Mona finally gets his chance to earn more cash when he meets a destitute young Arab, an illegal immigrant. The queen takes the Arab in and convinces the destitute and desperate youth that he will make enough money to buy immigration papers if he becomes a prostitute...
- Released
- 1987-01-28
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Mehdi Charef
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 6 votes
Cast
- Mohamed Ben Smaïl as Samir
- Jean Carmet as Miss Mona
- Kader Boukhanef as Madjid
- Albert Delpy as Jean
- Albert Klein as Mona's father
- Hélène Duc as Mona's mother
- Daniel Schad as Manu
- André Chaumeau as Gilbert
- Francis Frappat as Organizer of the dating club
- Philippe De Brugada as Boss of the peep show
- Yvette Petit as Étienne
- Michel Peyrelon as Tattoo artist