Monica

After years of estrangement, a trans woman returns home to help care for her dying mother.

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 113 mins

Release Date : 2023-03-06

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Acceptance, reconciliation and forgiveness are arguably among the hardest feelings for many of us to deal with, but coming to terms with them is by no means impossible. When Monica (Trace Lysette), a transgender woman kicked out by her family as an adolescent, leaves her Midwestern home and heads t...

Trace Lysette is quite effective here as the eponymous woman who returns to her family to help care for her terminally ill mother "Eugenia" (Patricia Clarkson). She's a trans woman, is "Monica", and it's been more than twenty years since she left. Needless to say, there are adjustments a-plenty to ...

Cast

Trace Lysette

(Monica)

Patricia Clarkson

(Eugenia)

Emily Browning

(Laura)

Joshua Close

(Paul)

Adriana Barraza

(Leticia)

Vladimir Perez

(Car Repairman)

Ali Amine

(Man Getting Massage)

Lucia Ramos

(Woman at Gas Station)

Leland Pittman

(Benny)

Brennan Pittman

(Benny)

Ruby James Fraser

(Britney)

Graham Caldwell

(Brody)

Jean Zarzour

(Doctor)

Angelique Archer

(Waitress)

Bobby Easley

(Trucker)

Bryant Bentley

(Mechanic)

Chelo Ontiveros

(Hairdresser)

Jenny McManus

(Bar Patron (uncredited))