Vera (1986)
Based on the life of Brazilian poet Anderson Bigode Herzer, this intense drama tells the story of Bauer, a trans man who navigates a difficult life in an orphanage before finding love with young librarian Clara.
- Date of release
- 1986-10-24
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Sérgio Toledo
Casting
- Ana Beatriz Nogueira — Bauer / Vera
- Raul Cortez — Professor Paulo
- Aida Leiner — Clara
- Adriana Abujamra — Telma
- Carlos Kroeber — Director of the Institution
- Liana Duval — Librarian
- Imara Reis — Helena Trauberg
- Norma Blum — Izolda
- Cida Almeida — Paizao
- Abrahão Farc — Librarian
Interesting facts
Vera is a 1986 Brazilian semi-biographical drama film written and directed by Sérgio Toledo. Shot in São Paulo, it stars Ana Beatriz Nogueira, Norma Blum, Raul Cortez, Carlos Kroeber, and Aída Leiner. The film is based on the life of Anderson Bigode Herzer, a transgender man most known as the author of poems book A queda para o alto. Both the book and the movie cover the story of a trans man who attempts to find himself while living in a boarding school in São Paulo, but experiences many prejudices and traumatic experiences.
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