Anybody who watched Valva’s debut, Transvestites Also Cry (LLGFF 2009) could not forget the quietly graceful former boxer from Ecuador known as Mujeron, working as a prostitute in Paris in order to send money to his family. In this follow-up, Angel (his real name) travels home for the first time to see what his work has achieved. Ecuador can be a violently homophobic society yet many people depend on a migrant family member working in the sex industry abroad. Angel explores this phenomenon that some have called ‘family pimping’ through the touching story of Angel and his solitary fight for acceptance. –BFI
