The film is less than two hours long, and I need to stop and slow down several times in the middle...
The first real transgender movie I saw was "Boys Don't Cry," which, like "Girls," was based on true events, although "Girls" ended better than "Boys," A lot, but it still makes me feel very depressed when I watch it...
From a movie point of view, what impressed me about this work is that I can hardly feel the stereotype of transgender people in society. It does not deliberately beautify or exaggerate its words. The idea of being unhappy" simply depicts an adolescent girl's love for dance and her experience as a transgender on the road of gender transition.
Lara is fortunate to have a very supportive father and younger brother. She also started hormone therapy early, and her appearance shows little sign of being assigned a male gender. She has not been discriminated against or bullied at school because of her gender identity. . Her father Mathias is a good father and can understand and support Lara's decision, but he can't understand why Lara still tapes her lower body before dancing class every day. Transgender people’s sense of inversion, or gender dysphoria, caused by their body being inconsistent with their own gender identity, I think ordinary cisgender people can never really understand and empathize, and even be responsible for transgender medical care Workers too. The father may think that everything is going in a good direction, and that he has given his daughter the greatest tolerance, understanding and support. After moving, let her change to a new school to give her the recognition in her heart in a new environment. The opportunity to live with her gender, accompany her to the hospital, arrange gender reassignment surgery related issues, why does my daughter have to lose weight almost paranoid to the point of being weak, why can't she be patient for a little longer, and follow the plan that was negotiated before. Come, but choose to make the operation ahead of time in a way that hurts yourself. Sorry, not really. At least I can't say why myself, but the dialogue between my father and Lara in the movie is so real it stings me - understanding, tolerant, but unable to empathize.
As I said at the beginning, Lara is really lucky in various aspects, but even so, because of the disadvantage of biological sex in dance practice, she was called by her younger brother as the male name before gender transition, and was asked by her classmates why she practiced dance. It's strange not to take a shower in the public bathroom after dancing, and even being asked to take off her clothes to show her genitals to female classmates, just to satisfy their curiosity, these embarrassing and helpless moments for transgender people still exist. What's more, those who do not have the understanding and support of family and friends, and who cannot successfully live with the gender they identify with because of their appearance and other reasons - are also the majority - transgender people.
Pay tribute to all transgender people who have the courage to take this step. I wish all transgender people can live in an environment of inclusiveness and understanding, and achieve physical and mental unity as soon as possible. Like Lara at the end of the film, face yourself confidently and bravely. to the society.
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