To Die Like a Man
2009 · Movie · Unrated · 133 min · ★ 5.6 · 66% critics
A transgender woman tries to hold her life together while helping her younger boyfriend through drug addiction and facing renewed turmoil with her estranged son, a soldier who has gone AWOL. As pressures mount at home and in her public life, she’s forced to confront loyalty, self-worth, and the limits of what she can fix.
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Details
- Original title
- Morrer Como Um Homem
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-10-15
- Language
- Portuguese
- Rated
- Unrated
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (22 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to challenging, artsy dramas with intense relationships and a deliberately meandering pace; Not for you if you want tight plotting, easy empathy, or consistent momentum, like in The Page Turner.
Pros: striking opening; bold imagery; provocative themes | Cons: slow and unfocused; flat performances; hard to connect
Themes
- forest
- transsexual
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2011 · nominated
Cast & crew
- FS
Fernando Santos
as Tonia
Alexander David
as Rosário
- GA
Gonçalo Ferreira De Almeida
as Maria Bakker
- CM
Chandra Malatitch
as Zé Maria
- JR
Jenni La Rue
as Jenny (as Jenny Larrue)
Fernando Gomes
as Teixeira
- CS
Cindy Scrash
as Irene
Miguel Loureiro
as Paula
- AM
André Murraças
as Dr. Felgueiras
John Romão
as Mendes (as John Romão)
Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues