I Remember the Crows (2018)
I Remember the Crows
”A transgender actress battles insomnia by sharing stories at night.”
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The Brazilian director Gustavo Vinagre ("Nova Dubai") delves into the daily intimacy of his collaborator, the Brazilian-Japanese transgender actress Julia Katharine, in a direct, spontaneous and full of subtleties portrait of her life. In the folds of this apparent mundanity, "I Remember the Crows" hides revelations about the vicissitudes of life as a queer artist and transgender woman of its protagonist, in a profound and honest meditation on memory, identity and friendship.
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Julia, a transexual actress, faces her insomnia telling stories through the night.
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