VICTOR/VICTORIA (1988)

Cast

Plot

Surprisingly witty and well-directed musical farce that manages to combine sexual alacrity and swift humour without ever being patronising. Andrews is the failing soprano trying to find work in turn-of-the-century Paris. With the help of a worldly-wise gay nightclub singer, she invents her alter-ego Victor, a female impersonator who is hired to sing at a fashionable night spot. "You want me to be a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman?" Interwoven throughout the comedy and musical numbers are surprisingly astute observations about gender perceptions, discrimination and the battle of the sexes.