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Lovers in the Sky

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Lovers in the Sky follows Cristina and La Bonita, two transgender cooks who have spent decades working aboard cargo boats that navigate the rivers of the Peruvian Amazon. Living and working between Pucallpa and Iquitos, they have occupied the roles society has assigned them: cooks, caregivers, sex workers, and providers for their families.

Cristina sees her life as a blessing and is determined to fulfill a promise made to her late mother, while dreaming of becoming a godfather. La Bonita, haunted by the fear of burning forever in hell, seeks acceptance within the evangelical church. As they confront faith, desire, work, family, and the expectations placed upon their bodies, both women reveal identities that resist fixed categories.

Through their intimate stories and the vastness of the Amazon, the film explores gender not as a fixed destination, but as an evolving process, entering the uncertain territory of post-identity.

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