Until the last moment, the title "Girl" suddenly appeared. It's like the "exclamation mark" after a long sentence, which is both a result and an emphasis. The director's intentions are self-evident. In an extremely cruel and brilliant long shot, he choreographed a staggering plot: the protagonist, Lara, turned his back to the camera, and cut off his genitals with scissors.
This is bound to be a thrilling and unforgettable scene. Lara uses a brave and decisive action to announce the change of his identity: he wants to become a girl, a real girl.
Why did he take such an extreme path? In other words, this is just "extreme" in the eyes of ordinary people, but in his eyes it is a great ceremony, although painful, it is such a farewell; although piercing, it is admirable.
When gender reassignment surgery could not be carried out, when the dream of becoming a girl was extinguished, he may have already planned all this. That's why he looks so calm and resolute on the screen. Although it was an extremely painful process. But what really hurt him was not the physical one, but the psychological entanglement: he couldn't face his man, and he was even mad and lost because of it.
So we'll see him duct tape tightly around his genitals to keep it from sticking out. He was only wearing underwear when taking a shower. He was ashamed to see his lower body and hated it immensely.
So he dressed himself up as a girl, with long blond hair, a long skirt, a little makeup, and attractive eyebrows. This "camouflage" even deceived the audience. If it wasn't for the mention of "sex reassignment surgery", we even thought he was a girl.
But only he knew in his heart that as long as he did not undergo surgery for a day, he was a man. Therefore, he actively took hormonal drugs, worked hard to cooperate with the treatment, and waited for the right time to undergo gender reassignment surgery.
As a film involving transgender themes and LGBT people, the tone of "Girl" is bright, without great sadness or joy, without sensationalism. Some are just ordinary feelings, and some are just objective narratives. We can't see Lara's extreme performance throughout the whole process. He is always so confident and calm, and always has a smile on his mouth.
He loves to dance ballet, for which he took the best ballet training class and learned to dance with a group of girls. Because he was an overage student and started dancing late, he practiced hard and suffered a lot. After every training session, his toes must be bruised, but he gritted his teeth and endured it, because it was his dream, and even the driving force of his life.
The process of learning ballet is hard, although lara's training is not satisfactory, but the film does not show his disappointment and morbidity, on the contrary he is always optimistic. Besides, he has a father who loves him so much.
The role of the father is very important in the film, and even for a moment, we feel as if he is Lara's lover. He takes care of Lara in every possible way, and is extremely tolerant and understanding. He supports Lara's dream and tries his best to help Lara become a girl. He is different from the stern image of the traditional father, but full of tenderness and a sense of responsibility.
Just imagine, if the parents of LGBT people are the same as Lara's father, then the world will be a better place, the so-called misfortune and resentment will all disappear. The warmth of the father also affects the temperament of the film itself: although cruel, it is not indifferent; although helpless, it is all warm.
So we will see that "Girl" does not show the difficulty of him becoming a girl through dramatic plots. In fact, the movie rarely shows the plot of her being discriminated against, because the director is very good at focusing the contradictions on lara itself .
Her inner confusion and struggle runs through the film itself. The surface is always calm, but the heart is full of waves. The movie shows her quiet and alone scene more than once, which is a kind of unease that permeates all around, and it is also a kind of self-denial doubt. Who am I? This is her inner question.
Disapproval of identity and distrust of herself evolved into her anxiety, depression and resentment. He fell in love with a boy, but couldn't have sex with him normally; he danced with a group of girls, but couldn't naturally bathe with them.
The strong mental pressure eventually overwhelmed him, and he was told that he could not perform surgery and needed to rest his body. It was a declaration that almost declared his death, and it was also a helpless and helpless catastrophe.
Did he fall for it?
He - oh, sorry, it's "she" - bids farewell to the past with a decisive act, like the independent woman walking against the wind in "Some Kind of Woman", like even death in "The Danish Girl" Become a daughter's body painter.
In the last scene, she came to us from the screen, full of femininity, with short hair, ear studs, mature face, and a hair-lifting action that is unique to women. Everything is so natural and full of charm.
At that moment, she proved to the world: I am a girl, a real girl.
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