Things We Dare Not Do

Things We Dare Not Do

"A secret, many kids, a party, a dead body, silence, voices, laughs, and games. A boy asks his parents for permission to dress as a woman."

20201h 15m4.4(5 votes)
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Overview

In the small Mexican coastal village of El Roblito, 16-year-old Ñoño lives what seems to be an idyllic existence with his loving family. But he holds a secret. Defying gender norms, Ñoño works up the courage to tell his family he wants to live his life as a woman, a fraught decision in a country shrouded in machismo and transphobia.

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Ojo de Vaca
Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía