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The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela (2008) More at IMDb Pro »

• The film is inspired by actual people and events -- was originally supposed to be a documentary but was changed to a semi-fiction feature.
  
  
• The first version of the film was 105 minutes. It was re-edited down to 80 minutes with the help of Icelandic director Dagur Kári.
  
  
• Actor Stefan C. Schaefer, who plays the internet pimp Michael, thought he was coming to Paris to work on a screenplay with director 'Olaf de Fleur', who asked him on arrival to play the Internet pimp.
  
  

• Olaf de Fleur met Raquela Rios on the Internet after having seen transsexuals dressed like Paris Hilton in poor parts of Cebu City on a visit to the Philippines. Many were auditioned for the main part that ended with Raquela.
  
  
• Brax Villa and Via Galudo - Raquela's friends in the film are her real friends.
  
  
• The security guard in the film in is played by production designer Alexis Yap.
  
  
• While filming in Paris, Raquela was chased frequently up and down the streets by enthusiastic overly romantic men.
  
  

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