Boys Dont Cry

A detailed Summary of Boys Dont Cry

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

murder of Brandon and Lana. One of them is on death row and the other has been

When Brandon ends up in jail on a traffic violation, his secret is revealed, as

humiliate Brandon and make him strip in front of them. When they discover the

Watching the ignorance, combined with the fear and jealousy resulting in murder, is

though he is a she. When John and Tom find out they feel betrayed by Brandon. They

rumour is true they take him out in the car and bash and rape him. The scene is very

respect. And because of this, he ends up dead a few days later. Shot dead in Candace's

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