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The Truth, The Stories and Aileen Wuornos

Countless documentaries, books and movies have been made on the “true story” of Aileen Wuornos. The most famous one the Oscar-winning movie Monster. What is it we want to know?
We start in Nina’s fascination with Aileen. The identification. Maybe it’s about the rage? Maybe an idolatry? The desire to personalize the lesbian avenging whore. But also something more fragile, a sincere attempt to approach Aileen.
We continue our search for the truth. Not the answer to the question "Did she kill those men in self defense or in cold blood?" Not an attempt to be trustworthy and identifiable. It seems Aileen could never become trustworthy. Maybe the truth is always something we cannot recognize …