To Die like a Man
{{short description|2009 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = To Die like a Man
| image = To Die Like a Man.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = João Pedro Rodrigues
| producer = Maria João Sigalho
Judith Nora
| writer = João Pedro Rodrigues
| starring = Fernando Santos
Chandra Malatitch
Miguel Loureiro
Jenny Larue
Fernando Gomes
| music =
| cinematography = Rui Poças
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2009|5|22|Portugal}}
| runtime = 134 minutes
| country = Portugal
| language = Portuguese
| budget =
}}
To Die like a Man ({{langx|pt|Morrer Como Um Homem}}) is a 2009 Portuguese drama film directed by João Pedro Rodrigues, produced by the production company Rosa Filmes.
Cast
In order of appearance:
- Chandra Malatitch as Zé Maria
- John Romão as Mendes
- Ivo Barroso as Cardoso
- Gonçalo Ferreira de Almeida as Maria Bakker
- Miguel Loureiro as Paula
- Francisco Peres as the Plastic Surgeon
- Fernando Santos as Tonia
- Cindy Scrash as Irene
- Carloto Cotta as Carlos
- Jenny Larrue as Jenny
- Gonçalo Mendes as Sérgio
- Alexander David as Rosário
- Fernando Gomes as Teixeira
- André Murraças as Dr. Felgueiras
- Amândio Coroado as the Hospital Doctor
- Marco Paiva as the Nurse
Awards and nominations
It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/10902122/year/2009.html |title=Festival de Cannes: To Die Like a Man |accessdate=17 May 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}} It was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards{{cite web |url=http://cineuropa.org/newsdetail.aspx?lang=en&documentID=151138 |title=To Die Like a Man represents Portugal in Hollywood |accessdate=8 October 2010|work=cineuropa}} but it didn't make the final shortlist.{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110119.html |title=9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race |accessdate=19 January 2011|work=oscars.org}}
Critical reception
Critical reception has been mixed. Variety.com's Leslie Felperin stated that he disliked the film's excessive running time (138'), that too much of the time is taken up by music and singing, feeling that the movie and storyline were unremarkable.{{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940354.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 |title= To Die Like a Man | work=Variety | first=Leslie | last=Felperin | date=22 May 2009}} However, the movie was voted "Best Undistributed Film" of 2009 in the Village Voice's 10th Annual Film Critics' Poll.{{cite news |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-12-22/film/critics-poll-top-10-films-of-2009/ |title= The Village Voice's 10th Annual Film Critics' Poll | work=Village Voice | first=J. | last=Hoberman | date=22 December 2009}} "A fabulously sad fable about a Fado-singing, pooch-pampering trannie growing old, [To Die Like a Man] is also a piece of lyrical, playful, unpredictable filmmaking," wrote film critic J. Hoberman. The film seventh on Cahiers du cinéma{{'}}s list of the best films of 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.cahiersducinema.com/produit/top-10-2010/|title=Top 10 2010|website=Cahiers du cinéma|date=2010|access-date=4 August 2017}} Keith Uhlich of Time Out New York named To Die Like a Man the seventh-best film of 2011, calling it a "quiet heartbreaker."{{Cite news|last=Uhlich|first=Keith|date=December 13, 2011|title=The Best (and Worst) Films of 2011: Keith Uhlich's Picks|work=Time Out New York|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/film/the-best-and-worst-films-of-2011-keith-uhlichs-picks|access-date=June 16, 2020}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.rosafilmes.pt To Die Like a Man official page at Rosa Filmes web site] (click on "ENG", then on "ABOUT US", then on "FILMS", then on "TO DIE LIKE A MAN")
- {{IMDb title|id=1424361|title=To Die Like a Man}}
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{{Portuguese submissions for Academy Awards}}
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Category:Portuguese LGBTQ-related films
Category:2000s Portuguese-language films
Category:Films directed by João Pedro Rodrigues
Category:2009 LGBTQ-related films