Portugal, France / 2009 / 133min / Digital Beta / Colour
Original Title : Morrer Como Um Homem
Language : Portuguese
Genre : Drama
Director : Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Screenwriter : Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Cinematographer : Rui Pocas
Editor : Rui Mourao
Music : Nuno Carvalho
Cast : Alexander David, Goncalo Ferreira De Almeida, Chandra Malatitch
Synopsis
Tonia, a veteran transsexual star in Lisbon's drag shows, watches the world around her crumble. Under pressure from her young boyfriend Rosario to assume her female identity and the sex change operation that will transform her into a woman, Tonia struggles against her deeply-held religious conviction.
Discovering that she's ill, Tonia travels to the countryside with Rosario. Lost, they find themselves in an enchanted forest, a magical world where they come across the enigmatic Maria Bakker and her friend Paula.
And that meeting will turn their whole world on its head...
