Boys Don't Cry

Kimberly Peirce / US, 1999 / 118 min.

Brandon, a young trans man, arrives in a small town in the American midwest looking for friendship and love. Brandon finds love with Lana (Chloë Sevigny), but the locals’ stereotypes bring their idyll to a gruesome end. Oscar for Hilary Swank.

poster Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, US 1999)

Boys Don't Cry, one of the big independent films from the 1990’s was based on the real-life murder of Brandon Teena in small town America in 1993, transforming the newspaper report into an empathetic, confrontational drama that was one of the few at the time to centre on a transgender person’s perspective.

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Director

Kimberly Peirce

Production year

1999

Country

Original title

Boys Don't Cry

Length

118 min.

Language

English

Subtitles

NLD

Format

35mm

Part of

Eye Classics

Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. We screen them regularly, in various programmes. Eye now brings film history even closer with its new series Eye Classics: three classics a week, chosen by Eye's programmers. On the big screen, screened in 35mm whenever possible.

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