Amapô
MovieTitle | Amapô |
User score | 7 |
Release date | Nov 14, 2008 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Kiko Goifman |
Production country | PT |
Run time | 12 min. |
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.