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To Die Like a Man
To Die Like a Man
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TO DIE LIKE A MAN

Morrer Como Um Homem

Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Portugal, France, 2009
Drama, LGBTQ+, Fantasy

Synopsis

Tonia, a veteran of Lisbon’s drag shows, faces competition from younger artists that threatens her star status. Under pressure from her young boyfriend Rosário to assume her female identity, and get gender reassignment surgery, Tonia struggles against her deeply-held religious convictions.

Synopsis

Tonia, a veteran of Lisbon’s drag shows, faces competition from younger artists that threatens her star status. Under pressure from her young boyfriend Rosário to assume her female identity, and get gender reassignment surgery, Tonia struggles against her deeply-held religious convictions.

Our take

With echoes of Fassbinder, Godard and Almodóvar, João Pedro Rodrigues’s tragicomic melodrama of a Lisbon drag queen is redolent with color and desire. One of Portugal’s great filmmakers and a powerful force in new queer cinema, Rodrigues jubilantly plays with baroque theatrics and spiritual themes.