dir. Simona Kasprowicz / Poland, 2025 / 69’ / semi-documentary / English with Polish subtitles / 18+
The most famous woman in the world was a sex worker. Marilyn Monroe knowingly used sex as a source of income. The first escort of pop culture lived by the economy of sex work. Hollywood slid its hand between her thighs and turned it into a myth — for profit. Her body was stolen, copied, consumed. But what if that body were trans?
Fucking with Marilyn is a 69-minute semi-documentary confronting the myth of an icon with the personal story of Simona Kasprowicz. A scandalous tape that never existed, and a documentary that refuses objectivity. On pop culture’s red casting couch sits a transfeminine body that dismantles the icon and reassembles her on its own terms. What cisheteronormative culture sold as “natural” reveals itself as trans-action: a long-term performance, a role enforced by gazes and social contracts. The icon’s face dissolves into the artist’s; myth gives way to fantasy, where icon and performer become one. Who is watching? How? What do they see — and do they see at all?
Blending documentary and fiction, archive and performance, the film is a post-pornographic essay on the gaze that is never innocent. It intertwines the myth of Marilyn with Simona’s own experience — from her first sex-work client to her fraught relationship with body, sexuality, and love, both absolute and impossible. A sisterly narrative of desire, violence, longing for intimacy, and the need to be recognized.
Content warning: Adults only (18+). Contains nudity, erotic material, references to violence, transphobia, and exclusion, as well as light effects (including strobe). These elements may trigger strong emotions or recall difficult experiences.