I Have to Say I Love You

Documentary on suicide among Trans people. The movie portrays poetically the relationship of the characters with body, life, and the sacred. The movie steps into the chests of Aretha, Yago, Deniell and Ariel attempting an inner, both personal and collective cure. The film is based on the creative process of the I Have To Say I Love You Project – Awareness Campaign Against Suicide Among Trans Men, founded by Ariel Nobre. Together, they tell a collective story, an adventure put into music transcending the expectations of a society that punishes anyone who deviates from the imposed rules. The camera follows the characters’ transition from death to life, a dangerous path yet promising to go through the valley of shadow of death and take us to a redemption experience. The film is a shout, a claiming of Trans community’s right to body, life, and soul.

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