Looking at "Lawrence on Both Sides", it is hard not to think of "Breakfast on Pluto" (Breakfast on Pluto, 2005. Old text). The same is a transgender of MTF (Male to Female), Partick of Pluto, who loves men, his fate is intertwined with Ireland, the accident of death, the strong impact of gorgeous vision intertwined, Accompanied by the popular music of the 70s, it exploded into fragments of fire in my mind. A wild and fabulous story.
As for Lawrence, he was in a period of passionate love between men and women. The identity of MTF is the same, but he is in different living conditions. He teaches foreign literature at a university and is also a rookie who has just won a literary award. Over thirty-five years old, he told his girlfriend that the soul had been in the wrong body. Therefore, this film is doomed, except for the discrimination and miracles that transgender people must suffer after coming out of the closet-being protested by their parents and losing their jobs; being beaten inexplicably; in the restaurant, people come over to make verbal mockery and harassment from time to time; When everything is at its lowest point, get the warmth of those who have fallen from the world.
The director handled the relationship between Lawrence and his girlfriend and family more deeply and delicately. Fred, who loves Lawrence deeply, is determined to support him. However, the original life of crazy laughter had to deal with doubts and discrimination from all sides in an instant. The pressure caused Fred to contract depression and lost his job as a director. Being with MTF not only tests her acceptance of the body, but also shatters the imagination and umbrella of the original mainstream relationship.
In the division and pull of the relationship, Lawrence went further and further. The discrimination she experienced in her life made her stronger and clearer, even though she still loved Fred deeply. But such a life of waiting, waiting, reconciliation, and striving to pursue, in the end, it was also clear that Fred could not keep up with her—even if she stayed with her husband who she didn’t love, the comfortable and safe middle-class life blocked anything. The possibility of discrimination. Even though, Fred is not happy. The effects of the so-called "social structural discrimination" around the parties are manifested in an overwhelming and extremely specific way.
We have seen how a talented writer with a carefree and crazy life can be trained as a warrior-Laurence asked the woman (the newspaper unit that once caused him to lose his job) to interview the lady, and from the beginning, he did not look at him. , Calmly express the determination of the new year; it is the same as the acceptance of her sharp sister Fred, who called her and hugged her at the beginning. The director's delicacy was shown to Laurence's mother. The neglect in the relationship made her point out a love selfish and hurtful monologue.
Gorgeous scenes, dazzling scheduling, the use of a large amount of independent music and the mutual stimulation of classical music, the continuity between the soundtrack and the plot in one go. This is the first time I have seen the work of Canadian Quebec director Xavier Dolan. At the age of 24, he once wrote, directed and acted "I Killed My Mother" (I Killed My Mother, 2009) when he was 19, which was a blockbuster. And from this trailer, it can be seen that he loves the "very special" stalk-an adjective that marks unkindness to others. Almost all of Xavier's works are related to gender issues. I think the director himself is silently like Larence, using movies as his artistic weapon.
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