叫我女士

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  • Attheageof55,Jean-PierreVoidieshadasex-changeopera… Attheageof55,Jean-PierreVoidieshadasex-changeoperation.Hehadbeenapoliticalactivist,poet,novelist,husbandofthebird-likeHuguetteVoidiesandthefatherofoneson,Jean-Noel.Byhisownaccount,Mr.VoidieswasamemberoftheUndergroundduringtheNazioccupationofFranceandwastorturedbytheGestapo. TodayOvidaDelect,theformerJean-PierreVoidies,isadaintyifstrappingolderwoman,withthephysiqueofasteamfitterandavoicetomatch.She'sstillapoliticalactivist,poetandnovelistaswellastheauthorofanautobiography,''PuttingontheDress.''NolongerthehusbandofHuguette,sheis,instead,Huguette'slife-longcompanionandthecauseofquitealotofcontradictoryemotionsinJean-Noel,anearnestyoungmanwhocontinuestoliveathomeandhopestobecomeaprofessionaldiskjockey. OvidaDelect,bothassheisandasshewouldliketoappearbeforetheworld,isthesubjectofFrancoiseRomand's''CallMeMadame,''awonderfullyoddball,52-minutedocumentary. MissRomandmakesdocumentariesthatlooklikethoseofnobodyelse.Thoughshestickstofacts,they'reoftenfactsthatfewwritersofsupposedlyseriousfictionwoulddaretotouchexceptunderpseudonym.''Mix-Up,''whichintroducedMissRomandatthe1986NewDirectors/NewFilmsFestival,examinedthetragicomicresultsofalong-running(20-year)real-lifefarce,begunwhenanEnglishnursinghomeswitchedtwobabiesandsenteachmotherhomewiththeother'schild. IfMissRomandneverseemstoberidiculingOvidaDelect,partofthereasonmustbethatMissDelectissuchaforceful,enthusiasticcollaborator,runningthemovieinmuchthewaysherunsherhousehold.Fromherremarksaboutherpoliticsandheractivism,it'sclearthatsheisnotanut.She'sanunbudgeablyself-confidentpresence.(VincentCanby-NYTimes)