"Rogéria's story is more like fiction. Born Astolfo Barroso Pinto, she had to face great challenges to assert herself as a homosexual, an icon of transformism and, above all, an artist. Moved by an enormous passion for art and life, she conquered, over more than 50 years of career, her space in theater, cinema and television, consecrating herself as an irresistible, almost mythical character: Rogéria, the transvestite of the Brazilian family.
In this book, Marcio Paschoal reconstructs the intense trajectory of Astolfo-Rogéria from his first steps as a make-up artist for the singers of the radio era and the stars of TV Rio, through his debut on stage in the middle of the dictatorship, international success and artistic recognition on his return to Brazil. To draw a faithful portrait of Rogéria, the author did a great deal of iconographic research, gathering beautiful photos.
