Don’t Call Me Son – Identity and LBGTQ+ Experiences
Director: Anna Muylaert Run Time: 82 min. Release Year: 2016 Language: Portuguese
Starring: Dani Nefussi, Daniel Botelho, Lais Dias, Matheus Nachtergaele, Naomi Nero
Pierre is seventeen and in the middle of puberty. He plays in a band, has sex at parties and secretly tries on women’s clothing and lipstick in front of a mirror. Ever since his father’s death, his mother Aracy has looked after him and his younger sister Jacqueline, spoiling them both. But when he discovers that she stole him from a hospital when he was a new born baby, Pierre’s life changes dramatically. In her new film, director Anna Muylaert explores the mother-child relationship through the eyes of a rebellious son whose whole world unravels overnight.
This film is free and open to the public as part of UML’s Identity and LBGTQ+ Experiences film series.