Tracey is a 2018 Hong Kong drama film written and directed by Jun Li and starring Philip Keung as the titular protagonist, a 51-year-old married man and father whose craving for feminization increases, leading him to transition from male to female both mentally and physically.
Travis Tung's family consists of wife Anne, son Vincent, and daughter Brigitte (who lives with her husband Jeffrey).
The family is distraught at their dog's death, and a pregnant Brigitte stays the night, citing that she doesn't want to wake up her husband.
With friend Chi Chun, Tung goes to the airport to pick up Bond Tann, Ching's husband.
At a small performance of an opera troupe, including their wife Anne, Tung sees the old friend for the first time in decades.
Fa Yim-hung, known affectionately as Brother Darling, is a Cantonese actor who was famous for playing women's roles in operas.
Back at home, Anne reveals that she has found receipts from the women's lingerie store that Tung frequents.
Vincent is actively ignoring Tung's messages, when his girlfriend calls out his hypocrisy: "So it's okay for others to be gay, but not your own family."
[1][2] Philip Keung, who plays the title character, originally felt he was unable to grasp the role of a transgender woman and wanted to decline it, but changed his mind after doing research and meeting with real life transgender people and felt they had many stories that need to be told.
[3] Keung also revealed that during filming, he would wear see-through clothes when he went out to the streets to see how pedestrians would react to him.
[6] Elizabeth Kerr of The Hollywood Reporter praises the film's high production standards and its moving and thought-provoking drama, as well as the performances by Philip Keung, Kara Wai and Ben Yuen.
[7] Edmund Lee of the South China Morning Post gave the film a score of 4/5 stars praising the acting performances and nuanced writing.