Laerte-se

Laerte-se

Directed by Eliane Brum, Lygia Barbosa da Silva

Produced by True Lab

2017100 min7.0 / 10

An intimate, philosophically ambitious documentary that uses Laerte's artistic practice and gender exploration to interrogate identity, binaries, and the relationship between fiction and lived reality.

In this film, Laerte conjugates the body in the feminine, and scrutinizes concepts and prejudices. Not in search of an identity, but in search of un-identities. Laerte creates and sends creatures to face reality in the fictional world of comic strips as a vanguard of the self. And, on the streets, the one who becomes the fiction of a real character. Laerte, of all the bodies, and of none, complicates all binaries. In following Laerte, this documentary chooses to clothe the nudity beyond the skin we inhabit.

Questions people ask

  • Is Laerte-se violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is Laerte-se easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is Laerte-se scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does Laerte-se end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 65% of films.

  • Is Laerte-se sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

67/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise42

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Laerte-se

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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