This Woman Is a Man - Movie

This Woman Is a Man

André Murraças, Flávio Gil
Documentary : 63' / Performance, Drag, Portrait

Deborah Krystall, Fanny Star, Guida Scarllaty, Wanda Morelly and Zizi Mayer are Fernando Santos, Fernando Paulo, Carlos Ferreira, Alberto Teixeira and João Callati, a group of former (some still active) Portuguese transvestites. Important symbols of our cultural memory, lives that have endured hardship and overcame forbidding times when persecution reigned, their careers illustrate different moments and mentalities in Portugal.

* The screening will be followed by a talk with filmmakers André Murraças and Flávio Gil, and actor/stage director Fernando Heitor.

/ EXHIBITION

Lisboa

September 20 | 18h00 | Cinema São Jorge - Sala 2 Buy Tickets

Sections: QL - Gender Play
+ Info: www.ositedoandre.wordpress.com

/ Details

Year: 2025

Country: Portugal

Language: portuguese

Subtitles: english

With: Alberto Teixeira / Wanda Morelly, Carlos Ferreira / Guida Scarllaty, João Callati / Zizi Mayer, Fernando Paulo / Fanny Star, Fernando Santos / Deborah Krystall

/ Direction

André Murraças, Flávio Gil

Portugal

André Murraças (1976) has a degree in Performing Arts from ESTC (Lisbon) and a Master of Arts in Scenography from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Utrecht. He also holds a master's degree in Communication Sciences from the FCSH (Lisbon). In cinema, he has worked as a director, actor and screenwriter; in theatre, he is an award-winning director, playwright, set designer and performer, with shows presented in various theatres across the country. He is the creator of O Museu Fora do Armário, a project for research and visibility of queer artists and works in Portuguese museums, and Queerquivo, a Portuguese LGBTQIA+ archive in digital and book format.

Flávio Gil made his debut as an actor and singer in 2008. Since then, he has taken part in various shows and television programmes and series. In cinema, he has worked with António-Pedro Vasconcelos ("Parque Mayer"), Leandro Ferreira ("Um Jantar Muito Original") and starred in "Editor Contra", by Luís Alvarães. He co-coordinated the documentary "História do Teatro de Revista em Portugal".