Main Cast: Ana Beatriz Nogueira, Raul Cortez, Aida Leiner, Carlos Kroeber, Cida Almeida
Release Year: 1987
Country: BR/ES
Run Time: 92 minutes
Plot
Brazilian teenager Vera (Ana Beatriz Nogueria) is released from the orphanage where she has spent most of her life. Her brutal experiences while a ward of the State have caused her to adopt masculine dress and mannerisms--a successful effort to wield power over her fellow orphans. On the outside, Vera finds shelter and a job through the auspices of a benevolent professor (Raul Cortez). While still in male garb, Vera develops a chaste relationship with a female coworker (Aida Leiner). Unable to consummate the relationship, Vera undergoes a great deal of inner torment, at one point considering a sex change. The end of this provocative but non-sensational film finds Vera coming to grips with her femininity, even though her future happiness is still up in the air. 18-year-old Ana Beatriz Nogueria won a Berlin Film Festival best actress award for her astonishingly mature performance in Vera. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
Ana Beatriz Nogueira - Vera
Raul Cortez - Professor Paulo Trauberg
Aida Leiner - Clara
Carlos Kroeber - Orphanage Director
Cida Almeida - Paizao
Adriana Abujamra - Telma; Imara Reis - Helena Trauberg; Norma Blum - Izolda; Liana Duval - Librarian; Lucia Bosé; Miguel Bose; Julieta Serrano; Fernando Fernán Gómez; Abram Farc - Librarian; Jose Vivo
Credit
Sergio Toledo - Director, Tercio G. Da Mota - Editor, Arrigo Barnabe - Composer (Music Score), Rene Silber - Production Designer, Rodolfo Sanchez Santinelli - Cinematographer, Sergio Toledo - Producer, Simone Raskin - Set Designer, Naum Alvez de Souza - Set Designer, Sergio Toledo - Screenwriter, Count of Villiers D'Isle-Adam - Short Story Author
