Dec 4th 2025

Adolfo Arrieta: The Adventures of Sylvia Couski (1974)

@ Doc Films at the University of Chicago

1212 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637

Opening Thursday, December 4th, at 9:30PM

Adolfo Arrieta: The Adventures of Sylvia Couski (1974) · 72m · 16mm

Spanish filmmaker Adolfo Arrieta’s trip to the Parisian transsexual underground. As much a docu-portrait of Arrieta’s friends as it is a musical fashion fairytale. The plot is fun — the ex-wife of a famous artist convinces her lover to steal her ex’s work and then replace it with a live model — but secondary to the glamour and festivity of the film’s subjects. A true DIY queer film, a direct line is drawn from Sylvia to Waters and Warhol.

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