João Pedro Rodrigues’ latest, a hit at both Cannes and the New York Film Festival, is a mystical melodrama that tells the tragicomic tale of a transsexual who is stuck between her junkie boyfriend’s desire for her to fully assume a female identity and her own Catholic convictions that have kept her from surgery. Tonia, a veteran transsexual in Lisbon’s drag
shows, watches the world around her crumble. The competition from younger artists threatens her star status. And her son, whom she abandoned when he was a child, now a deserter, comes looking for her.
“… a deep and fabulously sad fable, as well as an example of lyrical, playful, unpredictable filmmaking from this Portuguese festival star.“ The Village Voice
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues
Writers: João Pedro Rodrigues, Rui Catalão
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Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Musical
Runtime: 133 minutes
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Language: Portuguese w/English subtitles
Rating: Not Rated
FESTIVALS: Cannes Film Festival, France; New York Film Festival, USA; Toronto International Film Festival, Canada; Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Brazil; Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada; Vienna International Film Festival, Austria; AFI Film Festival, USA; Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, France; Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden; Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA; London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, UK; Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, Argentina; Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
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Trailer in Portuguese: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRkAWFWDIWQ
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