Madalena (2021 film)

Madalena is a 2021 Brazilian film directed by Madiano Marcheti in his directorial debut.

[5] The corpse of Madalena, a trans woman, is found amidst a soybean crop in a rural town in Brazilian Central-West Region.

Through flashbacks, the film then chronicles about three people connected to Madalena: Luziane, a suburban girl, daughter of a seamstress; Cristiano, son of a big farmer and a Senate candidate politician; and Bianca, a trans woman and close friend to Madalena.

During its production, Madalena was screened in the category "Working in Progress" at the 2019 San Sebastián International Film Festival.

[5] By December 2020, it was chosen for the next year International Film Festival Rotterdam's line-up.