Anna Muylaert’s DON’T CALL ME SON not only spotlights the queer but it queers what it means to come of age. Rather than showing a fixed route to a coagulated identity, it shows how coming of age could also mean an unknown dwelling between or beyond categorization. — Aldo Kempen
Starring Naomi Nero as Pierre/Felipe and Dani Nefussi as Aracy/Glória, the Teddy Award-winning film is streaming now at Filmatique.
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Anna Muylaert, Don’t Call Me Son (2016), from top: Naomi Nero; Nero (right); Dani Nefussi (left) and Nero; Matheus Nachtergaele, Nefussi, Daniel Botelho (center right), and Nero; poster Zeitgeist Films; Renan Tenca; Nero and Tenca; Nefussi, Nero (center), and Nachtergaele; Nero. Photographs by Aline Arruda, images courtesy and © the filmmaker, the actors, the photographer, and Zeitgeist Films.
