Film: Vera (Brazil, 1986), part of Masc II series

Directed by Sérgio Toledo.
Introduced by series curator JenniOlson

Based on the life of Brazilian poet Anderson Bigode Herzer, who took his own life at the age of twenty, this long-unavailable and recentlyrestored drama tells the story of Bauer (Ana Beatriz Nogueira), a trans man who navigates a difficult life in an orphanage before finding love with a young librarian, Clara (Aida Leiner). A sympathetic professor sees his talent as a poet, but Bauer is mostly alone and misunderstood, proclaiming, “I’m not what everyone thinks I am. You hear me? I’m different. I’m something else. Something else.” One of the earliest portrayals in cinema of a transmasculine character.

Part of series Masc II: Mascs plus Muchachas

https://bampfa.org/program/masc-ii