Morrer Como um Homem
To Die Like a Man
João Pedro Rodrigues
Portugal/France, Drama, 2009
134 min, 35mm, Color
Portuguese with English subtitles
Co-sponsored by the Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival
Tonia is a transsexual star in the Lisbon club world. She is juggling a needy, junkie boyfriend; competition from a new black, drag sensation; her psychopathic, soldier son; and, worst of all, the physical and emotional ravages of age. Her body is rejecting the various surgical and hormonal transformations that made her famous, a fact made evident by the brutal representations of its physical deterioration. Her body seems to insist that her life lived as a woman must end in her dying like a man, but nothing is as simple as it seems. The film blends surrealism with realism to paint a complex psychological portrait. Official selection by the Cinefondation for the Atelier of Cannes Film Festival 2007 and for Un Certain Regard during Cannes 2009.
Regional Premiere
João Pedro Rodrigues was born in 1966 in Lisbon, Portugal. His first short film, Parabéns! was awarded a Special Jury Mention in the 54th Venice International Film Festival. His other features include O Fantasma and Two Drifters.
Producer: Maria João Sigalho
Production Companies: Rosa Filmes, Ad Vitam Production
Screenwriter: João Pedro Rodrigues, Rui Catalão
Cinematographer: Rui Poças
Editor: João Pedro Rodrigues, Rui Mourão
Sound Design: Nuno Carvalho, Jean-Pierre Laforce
Music: Bonnie Tyler, Gonçalo Ferreira De Almeida, Alexander David, Fernando Santos, Cindy Scrash, Baby Dee
Cast: Fernando Santos, Alexander David, Gonçalo Ferreira de Almeida, Chandra Malatitch, Jenny Larrue
Print Source: Strand Releasing,
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