Writter: João Pedro Rodrigues (screenplay) &
Rui Catalão (screenplay)
João Rui Guerra da Mata (collaborator on screenplay)
Running time: 133 min
Country: France | Portugal
Language: Portuguese | German | English Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Musical
Subtitle: English Starring:Fernando Gomes - Teixeira
Jenny Larue - Jenny
Miguel Loureiro - Paula
Chandra Malatitch - Zé Maria
To Die like a Man (Portuguese: Morrer Como Um Homem) is a 2009 Portuguese drama film directed by João Pedro Rodrigues, produced by the production company Rosa Filmes.
It tells the story of a homosexual drag-queen at the end of his career. The cast includes several Portuguese real-life drag-queens, with no previous, or little, acting experience. The story has been allegedly inspired by the real story of Joaquim Centúrio de Almeida (artistic name: Ruth Bryden), a Portuguese drag-queen, and has motivated a lawsuit on account of plagiarism of a biographical book on the life of Almeida by the late author Carlos Castro, who was murdered in 2011.
It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it didn''t make the final shortlist.
Directed by João Pedro Rodrigues. Tonia is a large-than-life drag icon of Lisbon''s night life in the late 1980s. At the peak of her career, she meets and falls in love with Rosario, a young soldier who''s gone AWOL. Under pressure from Rosario, Tonia begins a series of operations to become a woman but the final step proves much harder than she could have guessed. Torn between her love for Rosario and her deeply-rooted religious convictions, Tonia looks for distraction in a trip to the countryside with Rosario. Lost along the way, the couple find themselves in an enchanted forest where everything they think they know about life and love is proven wrong. Part melodrama, part phantasmagorical fairy tale, To Die Like A Man is visual extravaganza. Official Selection at Cannes Film Festival. Portugal''s Official Selection for Best Foreign Language Film for the 84th Annual Academy Awards. Opens in New York on Friday, April 15, 2011 at the IFC Theater.
O Fantasma (2000)(Original Uncut Version)(บรรยายไทย) Directer:Joao Pedro Rodrigues เดนนิส ลิม นักวิจารณ์ของนิตยสารวิลเลจ วอยซ์ ชื่นชมว่าเป็นภาพยนตร์เกย์ที่มีความเป็นศิลปะสูงที่สุดของปี2002 และนักวิจารณ์พากันยกย่องให้เป็นหนึ่งในหนังที่ดีที่สุดของปี และถูกเทียบเคียงกับสัตว์ประหลาดของ อภิชาติพงศ์
Odete (2005)(บรรยายอังกฤษ) Directer:Joao Pedro Rodrigues หนังเกย์แนวแปลกไม่ธรรมดา คว้ารางวัลจากเมืองคานน์สาขา Cinemas de Recherche และยังคว้ารางวัลสูงสุดของเทศกาลหนัง Milan International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival สาขาภาพยนตร์ยอดเยี่ยมมาครอง
