Things We Dare Not Do
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.

3.5(4 votes)
202075 minReleased
Documentary

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.

Production Companies

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

Languages

Spanish

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