''Laerte-se'' is a 2017 Brazilian

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

directed by Lygia Barbosa and Eliane Brum about the Brazilian

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the litera ...

Laerte Coutinho Laerte Coutinho (born 10 June 1951), known mainly as simply Laerte, is a Brazilian cartoonist and screenwriter, known for creating comic strips such as ''Piratas do Tietê'' (''Pirates of the Tietê River''). She was part of the Brazilian under ...

, who at the age of 58 came out as a

crossdresser Cross-dressing is the act of wearing clothes traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender. From as early as pre-modern history, cross-dressing has been practiced in order to disguise, comfort, entertain, and express onesel ...

and later as a

transgender woman A trans woman or transgender woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Trans women have a female gender identity and may experience gender dysphoria (distress brought upon by the discrepancy between a person's gender identity and their ...

Premise

''Laerte-se'' examines gender identity and what it means to be masculine/feminine, while also exploring the issues Learte is facing by introducing herself as a woman and her talents as an artist.

Cast

* Eliane Brum *

Rita Lee Rita Lee Jones (31 December 1947 – 8 May 2023) was a Brazilian singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Known as the " Queen of Brazilian Rock", she sold more than 55 million records, making her the most successful female artist by reco ...

Release

The film was released by

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on May 1, 2017.

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