Starring Hilary Swank as Teena Brandon.
In 1993, Brandon Teena, a teenage drifter who was famous locally for
romancing the females in Falls City, Nebraska, was found shot dead in a farmhouse
just out of the town. But Brandon, despite his reputation with females, wasn't actually
a man at all. "He" was Teena Brandon, a young woman who was gender-confused.
She had managed to pass as a man with all her peers, her girlfriends, and her killers
who had once considered themselves her best friends.
Boys Don't Cry is a film based on the true story above, which you will either
love, or hate. If you are homophobic or don't know what it's like to be a minority in
society, then you probably won't understand how Teena could be Brandon. But for
those people who have faced similar dilemmas, such as being black in a white
society, or being a homosexual living somewhere that you aren't accepted, you will
fully understand what it is like to be Teena Brandon or even Brandon Teena.
Teena Brandon (played by Hilary Swank) grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. She
lived with a friend who was a homosexual man. Even he didn't understand Teena's
gender issues. Teena was known to the people in Lincoln as Brandon Teena. When
this secret was discovered, she was chased from town. People thought she was dirty
and didn't belong in their town. She ran away to a town called Falls City. Falls City
was a town where unemployment, poverty, isolation, violence, and drug abuse were a
normal part of every day life. Before she ran away, Teena took her role as Brandon
even further. She cut her hair short, shoved a sock down her pants to make the right
Teena was in trouble with the law in Lincoln before she ran to Falls City. She
had stolen cars and failed to appear in court. These charges followed her. When she,
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