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Becoming Male in the Middle Ages
Becoming Male in the Middle Ages
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BECOMING MALE IN THE MIDDLE AGES

Tornar-se um Homem na Idade Média

Directed by Pedro Neves Marques
Portugal, 2022
Short, Drama, LGBTQ+

Synopsis

Mirene and André are struggling with infertility issues. Carl and Vicente are undergoing an experimental treatment to have a biological child. Both couples explore what it’s like to build a biological family in a world where the boundaries between the natural and artificial are increasingly blurred.

Synopsis

Mirene and André are struggling with infertility issues. Carl and Vicente are undergoing an experimental treatment to have a biological child. Both couples explore what it’s like to build a biological family in a world where the boundaries between the natural and artificial are increasingly blurred.

Our take

This luminous miniature of speculative science fiction from Portuguese artist-filmmaker Pedro Neves Marques ponders the very meaning of the nuclear family. Shot on 16mm and bathed in natural light, Becoming Male in the Middle Ages is a provocative meditation on gender, identity, and reproduction.