Monica (2023)

"Monica" is a drama that follows a transgender woman reconnecting with her estranged, dying mother. Trace Lysette leads the film with a performance built on vulnerability and quiet emotional risk. Patricia Clarkson plays her mother, bringing her own layered presence to their fraught relationship. The hub carries 7 scenes drawn from the film. Lysette bares it all in a scene of unguarded intimacy that anchors the collection. Other clips catch smaller, sexy glimpses that round out her arc on screen. Clarkson's scenes add texture from the other side of the story. Together the clips offer a fuller picture of a film built on raw, exposed performances.