Synopsis
A transgender woman attempts to rehabilitate her younger, drug-addicted boyfriend while also dealing with her ne’er-do-well son, a solider who’s gone AWOL.
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Cast
- Fernando SantosTonia
- Alexander DavidRosário
- Gonçalo Ferreira De AlmeidaMaria Bakker
- Chandra MalatitchZé Maria
- Jenni La RueJenny (as Jenny Larrue)
- Fernando GomesTeixeira
- Cindy ScrashIrene
- Miguel LoureiroPaula
- André MurraçasDr. Felgueiras
- John Jesus RomãoMendes (as John Romão)
Recommendations
- 91
IndieWire
To Die Like a Man deserves your attention for showcasing a filmmaker with the capacity for bold narrative trickery that doesn't come at the expense of emotional investment. - 80
Village Voice
A mysterious, fabulously sad fable. - 80
Time Out
The film suddenly gains in power, until it fulfills the promise of its title with hard-hitting compassion and a crystal-clear sense of grace. - 75
The A.V. Club
To Die Like A Man is powerfully controlled, and builds to a moving finale in which the characters are stripped down to their essences: no flowers, just stem. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The title leaves no doubt about the ending but, thanks to Santos's unflinching performance and Rodrigues's continued audaciousness, the climax still takes us aback. - 70
The New York Times
For all its melodrama To Die Like a Man is a not a tearjerker. Its gaze into the void is as unblinking as that of the H.I.V.-positive 60-year-old hustler in Jacques Nolot's even more hard-headed film, "Before I Forget." - 40
Boxoffice Magazine
Strictly for patient, gay-friendly audiences, this drawn-out melodrama about an ageing drag star in overstays its welcome. - 25
New York Post
The praise for this static, overlong, stagebound work is a mystery to me.
