Lemebel

Sep 5 2019 N/A 1h 36m
Documentary

Pedro Lemebel, the writer and visual artist, defeated a marginal childhood to become one of the first to shake up Chile’s conservative society during Pinochet’s dictatorship. Dressed in feather boas, stilettos and a sharp tongue, he staged revolutionary performances that defied the era’s terror, he said what no one wanted to hear in a homophobic, repressed and militarized country.

Plot

Writer, Visual Artist and pioneer of the Queer movement in Latin America, Pedro Lemebel shook up conservative Chilean society during Pinochet's dictatorship in the 1980s. Body, blood and fire were protagonists in his work that he attempted to perpetuate in the last eight years of his life in a film he was never able to see finished. In an intimate and poetic journey through his risky performances dealing with homosexuality and human rights, "Lemebel" portrays a culmination of yearning immortality.

Written by

Joanna Reposi Garibaldi, Manuel Maira

Directed by

Joanna Reposi Garibaldi

Cast

Pedro Lemebel

Crew

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Production Countries

Chile, Colombia

Production Companies

Solita Producciones

Languages

Español

Awards

4 wins & 5 nominations

Trailers
Lemebel - Tráiler (HD)
Scores
# of Votes
348
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA