To Die Like a Man
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Joao Pedro Rodrigues
Fernando Santos
Alexander David
Goncalo Ferreira De Almeida
Chandra Malatitch
Jenny Larrue
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Synopsis
Tonia, a drag queen in Lisbon, Portugal, has won a loyal following at the club where she performs, but as she grows older, she has begun to worry if she's losing her touch due to younger competition. Tonia shares a flat with her boyfriend, Rosario, who loves her but sometimes urges her to get a sex change; Tonia may live her life as a woman, but her Catholic faith makes it difficult for her to change her body to match. More troubling to Tonia are Rosario's struggles with heroin addiction. Years before she began living as a woman, Tonia was involved with a woman and fathered her child, and one day the son she hasn't seen in years arrives at her doorstep with shocking news -- he's deserted his post in the army and is on the run from the law after killing a man.
Director
Joao Pedro Rodrigues
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Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States Spring April 8, 2011
Released in United States 2009
Released in United States 2010
Released in United States on Video August 23, 2011
Shown at New York Film Festival September 25-October 11, 2009.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (World Cinema) April 22-May 6, 2010.
Released in United States 2009 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 30-November 7, 2009.)
Released in United States 2009 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 25-October 11, 2009.)
Released in United States 2010 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (World Cinema) April 22-May 6, 2010.)
Limited Release in United States Spring April 8, 2011 (New York City)
Released in United States on Video August 23, 2011
