Andrea Pallaoro

Monica review – Trace Lysette is remarkable in understated estrangement drama
Lysette gives an awards-worthy performance as a trans woman who reconciles with her dying mother in Andrea Pallaoro’s tightly focused third feature
The Guardian - UK
2 min read
Monica review – Trace Lysette superb as painful homecoming heals family wounds
Lysette is excellent as a young woman returning home to care for her dying mother in Andrea Pallaoro’s intelligently crafted film
The Guardian - UK
3 min read
Movie review: ‘Monica’ resonates as trans drama about family, identity
“Monica” is a modern, gender-transitioning twist on the theme of the prodigal son. The film’s eponymous protagonist Monica (Trace Lysette, “Transparent”) is an unhappy transgender woman, who has lost contact with her birth family for reasons not explained to us at first. But we can guess.
Boston Herald
4 min read
Trace Lysette: ‘I can count on one hand the times I’ve seen a film with a trans person as lead’
Actor, who rose to fame with a supporting role in Transparent, leads new drama Monica, about a trans woman returning home
The Guardian - US
7 min read