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Ecco Homo

2015 · 102 min

A restless, shape-shifting dive into a provocative life, leaving you unsettled and moved by its tangle of secrets.

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Documentary
Tagline
Illusion is the first of all pleasures
Overview
Provocateur, artist, performer: Peter Vanessa "Troy" Davies was a chameleon. Using layers of identity at will, Davies charmed his way through a lifetime of secrets and lies, prostitution, art, HIV, abuse, incest and gender subversion, leaving a legacy of unanswered questions, influential performances and reams of enigmatic home video. Ecco Homo is a psychological detective story and a testament to a social history rarely documented on film

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    • identity
    • sexuality
    • art
    • trauma
    • deception
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    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
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    • true story
    • documentary
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