Madam Phung's Last Journey (2014)

"I saw beautiful fags praying, and felt like running away," explains Madame Phung of her decision to abandon life as a monk and take to the road. This frank, alluring documentary follows the madam's itinerant troupe of gender-bending performers as they bring their homemade fair to the remote southern and central regions of Vietnam. In a behind-the-scenes look at life in a rarely-seen community, the group struggles to earn a living with their lottery, mini train ride, merry-go-round and powers of seduction in the face of poverty, hostility and violence. (C) Icarus