Laerte Coutinho

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Laerte Coutinho, known mainly as simply Laerte, is a Brazilian cartoonist, comic strip artist and screenwriter. Assigned male at birth, she came out in 2009 as a crossdresser and later as a transgender woman. Laerte has collaborated with several publications such as Balão, O Pasquim, and Chiclete com Banana magazines and draws regularly for Folha de S. Paulo newspaper. She has created several comic strip characters, such as Piratas do Tietê (The Pirates of Tietê River). Since the mid 2000s, Laerte's strips became more philosophical and less humour-focused, abandoning fixed characters.

Most Popular Laerte Coutinho Trailers

Total trailers found: 27

Super Colosso Trailer (1995)

25 December 1995

Movie version of Brazillian children's television series TV Colosso.

Laerte-se Trailer (2017)

18 May 2017

In this film, Laerte conjugates the body in the feminine, and scrutinizes concepts and prejudices. Not in search of an identity, but in search of un-identities.

Super Oldboy Trailer (2016)

01 January 2016

Bil is an elderly man who works as an office boy for a firm in São Paulo, as he does not pay for a bus ticket and takes a preferential line at the bank.

Rindo à Toa: Humor Sem Limites Trailer (2018)

09 November 2018

A portrays of the period in which Brazilian humor had fewer limits (1986-2003), free from military dictatorship.

Lampião da Esquina: Lighting Up Brazilian Press Trailer (2016)

18 August 2016

Inspired by the US paper “Gay Sunshine”, in April of 1978 appeared in Brazil – during the dictatorship – the newspaper “O Lampião”, depicting the point of view of gays on various issues, including sexuality.

Minha Bateria Está Fraca e Está Ficando Tarde Trailer (2020)

03 December 2020

As the Sars-Covid 19 pandemic increased, Rubiane Maia was in Folkestone, England, and Tom Nobrega in Tarapoto, in the Peruvian Amazon.

The Night of the Dumb Clowns Trailer (2012)

01 February 2012

A movie adaptation of a story created by one of the greatest Brazilian cartoonists: Laerte. Two dumb clowns wander at night with the task of rescuing a kidnapped mate from an organization that aims to exterminate their kind.

Consideração do Poema Trailer (2011)

03 March 2011

Carlos Drummond de Andrade's poetry is read by exponents of Brazilian culture, such as Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Adriana Calcanhoto, Fernanda Torres, Marilia Pera, Antonio Cicero and others.

A Turma do Pererê.DOC Trailer (2019)

03 October 2019

Marked in history as the first Brazilian comic book, totally in nuclei, Turma do Pererê is considered a giant influence for several later authors, such as Maurício de Sousa.

Legs Out Trailer (2012)

23 August 2012

The cartoonist Laerte goes a long way through São Paulo searching for a certificate.

Cartas da Mãe Trailer (2003)

02 January 2003

Casa da Xiclet Trailer (2017)

17 October 2017

Xiclet is a plastic artist who settled in São Paulo in the early years 2000 and has since transformed the house where he lives in a public space, focused on the dissemination of artists who stay out of the great circuit of the arts.

Três Irmãos de Sangue Trailer (2006)

19 November 2006

Love is All Trailer (2011)

30 September 2011

A family with financial difficulties has a brilliant idea: to make their daughter Lindinha get pregnant of the famous singer Ivan Cláudio to inherit a lot of money and get them out of the choke.

Overman: O Filme Trailer (2026)

02 July 2026

An unemployed hero on the verge of an emotional and financial collapse, searches with all his strength for a purpose in life.

Malditos Cartunistas Trailer (2010)

06 November 2010

Documentary that presents an overview of the production of cartoons and comics in Brazil.

The City of Pirates Trailer (2018)

17 August 2018

A film director faces a complex situation in the production of his new film: Laerte, the protagonist of the story, begins to renegade her former characters, the Pirates of the Tietê.

Laughter of Others Trailer (2012)

12 January 2012

There are limits to jokes? What is the politically incorrect humor? A joke has the power to offend? It is these issues that 'Laughter of Others' discusses interviewing personalities such as comedians Danilo Gentili and Rafinha Bastos, cartoonist Laerte and Congressman Jean Wyllys, among others.

Tie and Red Nail Trailer (2014)

01 March 2014

Several characters realize their personal way to build their own identity from the choice of genre. Transsexual, transgender, crossdressing – the defining of terminologies different ways of looking at yourself are constantly rising, portraying a universe of possibilities, expanding the boundaries of the possible and permitted.

Bob Spit: We Do Not Like People Trailer (2021)

11 November 2021

Bob Spit, a comic book character, lives in a post-apocalyptic desert inside the mind of his creator, the legendary Brazilian cartoonist Angeli.

Dossiê Rê Bordosa Trailer (2008)

01 March 2008

Envy? Ego issues? Malice? In 1987, Angeli, one of the most important cartoonists in Brazil, coldly murdered one of his most famous creations, the underground diva Rê Bordosa.

Reading Again Graúna Trailer (2024)

05 April 2024

The documentary reconstructs the history of Graúna, one of the most famous comic characters in Brazil during the '70s.

The Known Daughter of Claudia Wonder Trailer (2024)

13 November 2024

Claudia Wonder died in 2010 and her grave was abandoned in a dirt road without a photo or identification.

Mapas Afetivos: São Paulo Trailer (2018)

14 May 2018

An emotional geographic reading of the city of São Paulo, created through hundreds of love stories from its residents.

From Nowhere: A Portrait of Valter Hugo Mãe Trailer (2025)

25 October 2025

Filmed over seven years, the documentary follows Valter Hugo Mãe as he writes his novel “A Desumanização”, across journeys through Iceland, Brazil, Portugal, Colombia, and Macau.

Desenheiros do Instagram Trailer (2026)

01 February 2026

That Guy Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

A man is chased by his fellow creatures, whom he does not look like.