MORIR DE PIE

Documentary, Mexico 2011 (74 min.)
Director: Jacaranda Correa
Production: Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografia, Martfilms, Media m9
World Sales: Rise and Shine/Kloos & Co. Medien

When faced with a fatal illness, the son of Mexican communist militants, a promoter of socialism and the Cuban Revolution, with a great physical and ideological resemblance to Che Guevara, decides to undertake a personal revolution, to welcome the woman he has always had inside him. Handicap and discriminated, Irina Layevska defies adversity and faces life with her true self supported on this journey by her longlife partner, Nelida. A story of courage to live and love that has no gender.

FESTIVALS:
Guadalajara 2011

AWARDS:
Best Mexican Film Award (Guadalajara)