Amapô

7,0
  • Director:Kiko Goifman
  • Cast:
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 11.14.2008
  • Running time: 12 min
  • Country: Not Found
Through a life story the film deals with issues related to human rights, such as the right to difference. The character's life is presented from others, otherness as a logic. The spectators complete the senses and gradually realize that this is a homosexual who, still in his adolescence, became a transvestite; "Amapoa" is a term that comes from Yoruba and has become transvestite slang for women. The film has a brutal ending, revealing that the character suffered a strong violence. Homophobia. The approach leads to identification with the character and allows reflections on the intolerance of today's society.