Things We Dare Not Do (2020)

  • NR
  • 10/14/2020 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 15m

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.

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.

Bruno Santamaría Razo

Screenplay, Director

Cast

Dayanara Cisneros's headshot

Dayanara Cisneros

Self
Estrella Cisneros Pardo's headshot

Estrella Cisneros Pardo

Self
Yulecsi Guadalupe Castañeda Manjarrez's headshot

Yulecsi Guadalupe Castañeda Manjarrez

Self

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