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In the Basque Country, Ane and her three children arrive at her mother Lita's home for vacation. Lita disapproves of her daughter's career, and the way she parents her eight-year-old son Aitor, nicknamed Coco after it becomes clear that the given name distresses the child. Coco eventually voices a desire to be treated as a girl in this authentic and heart-wrenching story of transition. Basque director Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren's assured debut feature is a wonderfully sensitive work carried by the Berlinale Silver Bear winning lead performance of newcomer Sofía Otero. An authentic and heart-wrenching story of transition, 20,000 Species of Bees is "a landmark in the filmic discussion of gender, sexuality and identity," (The Film Verdict).
