A struggling trans actress in Atlanta navigates the expectations of womanhood, romance, and familial reconciliation, slipping between reality and surreal dreamscapes as she searches for self-acceptance beyond the roles society has cast for her.
Sophia, a trans actress in Atlanta, juggles her dream of stardom with running a small print shop while navigating a world that often reduces her to a stereotype. When offered a degrading film role, she hesitates, caught between ambition and dignity. Longing for experiences of girlhood she never had, she hires Raphael to recreate those moments, but when he returns on his own, she begins to embrace something real. Meanwhile, her estranged mother, Lynn, reaches out, forcing Sophia to confront years of rejection and unspoken pain. As their relationship teeters between distance and reconciliation, Sophia’s surreal dreamscapes intensify, culminating in a moment where she steps into a women’s restroom and, for the first time, is fully embraced. A hidden door leads her to the Pantheon of Women, where she finally sees herself clearly. Later, as she dances in the street with Raphael, the Red Door—her longtime symbol of escape—appears once more, but this time, it opens for a nervous young trans man stepping through. She smiles, knowing she no longer needs it. The next morning, she wakes beside Raphael, at peace, and receives an audition offer for a role that isn’t a caricature. She steps into the day, ready to embrace what comes next.
