The director Anna Muylaert pronounced on his social networks after receiving Criticisms for the lineup of actress Thainá Duarte, a Cis woman, to live Geni in the movie “Geni and Zepelim”, Inspired by Chico Buarque’s music.
Since the announcement of the production of the film and the cast, many people on the networks have accused transphobia production by climbing a cis actress for Geni’s role. Created by Chico Buarque for the show “Opera do Malandro”, Geni’s character in the original play represents a transvestite from Rio de Janeiro who lives on prostitution and suffers from prejudice.
The director and the cast were accused of transfake – Name given to the practice of cis actors interpreting trans roles – not giving the opportunity for a trans woman to star in the feature.
In the video posted on her social networks on Wednesday (16), Anna Muylaert (best known for “what time she comes back” and “the best mother in the world”) explained that she was inspired by the lyrics of “Geni and Zepelim” and said that the character lived by Thainá Darte in her movie would not be trans, but a prostitute Cis, a resident in the Amazon.
“I want to explain everything. During the process of creating this movie, we understood that the lyrics of Chico and the tale of [autor francês] Guy de Maupassant, Silkin which Chico says he has been inspired, they could have several readings: it could be a trans woman; It could be a single mother; It could be Fabiana Silva from Favela do Moinho, a carrocym; could be a president taken from power without a crime of responsibility; It could be a forest attacked daily by opportunists, ”said Anna.
“And we for a sake of speech place, chose to make a prostitute cis in the Amazon,” she added. “We understood that this poetry could have several interpretations, and that we could make this Amazonian CIS version with actress Thainá Duarte.”
“Faced with the reaction of the trans community, I want to come here to open the debate and play the question: this letter from Chico, this poetry, today in 2025, can Geni myth only be interpreted as a trans woman?”, Asked the director. “I want to play this question, I want to debate this, because if society, not only the trans community, but also all the fans of Chico and the tale of Guy de Maupassant, the Silkif we compute that today my 2025 can only interpret Geni as trans, we will rethink our movie. ”
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Famous people pronounce on “Geni and Zepelim”
In the comments on Anna’s publication, several famous people have spoken about the choice of cast and the decision to make Geni a CIS character in the movie.
The singer Liniker, a trans woman, wrote: “All respect for the work of Tainá Duarte, but when we bring reflection in our texts since this article came out and positioned ourselves for erasing, it is for space and opportunity that we put ourselves, because we could give life to this character so iconic and already portrayed as many times as a transmitted person in Brazil.”
Actress Camila Pitanga also opined: “You can make the movie you want, for sure… But I put this interpretation, yes, to the painful erasure of trans women. They are few characters with this protagonism, understand? It’s a choice that hurts. Ah, I love as daughter to Thainá and I love to follow her work and voice. lexicon. ”
Gabriela Medeiros, a trans actress who played Buba in the remake of “Renascer”, also talked about it: “It’s years and years of erasing our community Anna. This character is strong for us. Since she is a trans person. We are erased from culture. And this role is interpreted by one of us, it is an important retraction … Geni lives in the collective of the Brazilian people’s imagination.”
Listen to “Geni and Zepelim”, by Chico Buarque
This content was originally published in a film by “Geni and Zepelim” is accused of transphobia and director pronounces on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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