Cinema
Vera
Sérgio Toledo · 1986
Synopsis
Bauer, whom the civil registry recorded under the first name Vera, grew up in a girls' orphanage, and wrote verses there about a difficult youth. A teacher who recognises his talent takes him under his protection, houses him and finds him an internship in his office. Bauer now dresses as a man and falls in love with a young librarian, whose family takes him for a boy like any other; but in São Paulo, those around him struggle to understand him.
Context
Freely inspired by the short life of the poet Anderson Bigode Herzer, a trans man whose verses appeared after his death, the film was written by the director with Felipe Daviña and André Macedo. The screenplay arose from research by the public foundation in charge of minors, the Febem, and from Herzer's writings. Co-produced by Nexus Filmes and the state company Embrafilme, which distributed it, it was released on 19 October 1986. The Criterion Channel and the Frameline festival count it among the first portraits of a transmasculine character in cinema.
Who it is for
A film of eighty-seven minutes, in Portuguese, entirely centred on the personality and feelings of its main character.
Prizes and reception
Silver Bear for Best Actress at Berlin in 1987 for Ana Beatriz Nogueira; three prizes at the Brasília festival in 1986.
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