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Original title: Castanha
Year: 2014
Running time: 95 min.
Country: Brazil
Director: Davi Pretto
Screenwriter: Davi Pretto
Cast: Documentary, Self: João Carlos Castanha, Celina Castanha
Music: Diego Poloni
Cinematography: Glauco Firpo
Producer: Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre, Gogó Conteúdo Sonoro, Tokyo Filmes
Genre: Documentary. Drama | Family Relationships. Transgender. Stage Play
Synopsis: Joao is a 50 year old actor who lives with his 72 year old mother, Celina. He spends his time between his work at night as a crossdresser in small gay bars and his parts in small plays, movies and TV shows. Tormented and haunted by ghosts from his past, day after day Joao starts to merge the reality in which he lived with the fiction he is interpreting.

Awards: 2014: BAFICI: Official Selection

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Castanha

2014

Davi Pretto