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In a totalitarian religious community, a docile, medicated young woman begins to hide a mysterious girl who awakens her repressed desires. What begins as an act of rebellion turns into a dark metamorphosis: under the harassment of her fanatical mother, the young woman confuses the real with the forbidden.

The story of Luisa Kiara Marabolí Barrientos a transgender woman, and her journey from living 44 years in obscurity under an imposed identity to becoming a proud social leader and role model in her community.

Three women, Amanda, Ana and Alicia seem like strangers, but their stories intersect at the same twilight. Amid nervous laughter, veiled abuse and the disappearance of a young woman, Subtexto reveals the black humour hidden in the harshness of everyday life.