UNITED STATES · 1982

Tootsie

Sydney Pollack
gender identity show business deception feminism identity crisis
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Synopsis

When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego—Dorothy Michaels—in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.

Year1982
CountryUnited States
DirectorSydney Pollack
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