Revealing mistake: The morning after Brandon is killed Lana wakes up with her head resting on Brandon's waist and you can clearly see his hip heaving as he breathes.
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Kimberly Peirce
Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Brendan Sexton III
Brandon is brutally raped and murdered by two of Llana's guy friends after they find out he is actually female. The two guys then go to Candace's house, where Brandon stayed, and kill Candace. Llana moves away, has a baby, then returns to the area years later to raise the baby.
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More mistakes in Boys Don't Cry
Brandon: Lana, you are one cranky girl.
Trivia: Though most of the characters depicted existed, there was another young lady, Mich, who, at the time, was Lana's good friend. She also knew Brandon. However, in the events following the tragedy, Mich moved out of Nebraska to avoid the attention.
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Answer: Brandon's birth name is Teena Tenae Brandon. When Teena decided to become a man, he reversed his first and last name to become Brandon Teena. Lana may have continued to call him Teena as a form of "I know the real you" familiarity "pet name".
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