Chilean director Sebastian Lelio has a knack for telling stories about free-spirited women who buck social conventions.
A Fantastic Woman (2017), his touching tale of a transgender woman dealing with the sudden loss of her partner, won this year's Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. He was nominated for the same award with Gloria (2013), about a woman in her 50s who still feels young.
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