Transfixed

Transfixed (2001)

Genres - Mystery, Thriller  |   Sub-Genres - Crime Thriller, Gay & Lesbian Films  |   Release Date - Mar 31, 2004 (USA), Jul 30, 2004 (USA - Limited)  |   Run Time - 106 min.  |   Countries - Belgium, France  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Mark Deming

A cross-dressing man allows himself to be used as bait to trap a killer in this crime-drama. Bo Ancelin (Robinson Stevenin) is a twentysomething man from Brussels who feels most comfortable dressing and living as a woman. Some might see Bo's lifestyle as a marked contrast to that of his father, a successful and well-regarded businessman, though it seems father has some secrets of his own after no-nonsense police detective, Paul Huysmans (Richard Bohringer), arrests him on charges of child molestation. While Bo bears his own scars from his upbringing, he's not eager to speak against his father in court, but before long both Bo and Huysmans have bigger fish to fry -- a serial killer is walking the streets of Brussels and choosing as his favored victims prostitutes and cross-dressers. When two of his friends are murdered by the killer, Bo decides he must step in to help catch the killer that Huysmans hasn't yet found on his own, though Bo soon falls into a dangerous position when he falls in love with Johnny (Stephane Metzger), a sullen and street-smart hustler who helps rent-boys find profitable assignations with older women.

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child-molestation, cross-dressing, family-secrets, police-detective, serial-killer, street-hustler