Cisgender audiences are confronted by an inescapable irony as they watch “Girl,” the arrestingly empathetic debut from Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont. Few narrative dramas (if any) have more sensitively explored the nuances of growing up transgender, the bravery required to transition, and the struggle for self-acceptance that can motivate or define that process. Likewise, few narrative dramas (if any) have more palpably distilled the pain of being deadnamed, the humiliation of being reduced to your body, and the cruelty of being misrepresented as something that you’re not.

So how do we, who can only share in such experiences second-hand, square all that with the fact that the lead character — a 16-year-old ballerina who’s impatiently waiting for her gender-confirmation surgery — is played by a cisgender male actor?

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The more I think about this the more I detest it. Do we really need films about trans people in 2018 which constitute pure misery and self-hatred? This movie isn't interested in shining a light on what trans teens struggle with, it just wants to beat its trans character into the ground so cis people who've never met or spoken to a trans person, never really taken an interest in what it's like to be trans beyond the plot outline bullet points of gender dysmorphia and transition, can gasp and tut in muted, liberal shock (of which I, too, have been guilty). Nearly every review out of Cannes stressed the film's "empathetic" nature but almost all I could see was that being confused for sheer, patronising pity.

The movie focuses on Lara, a transgender girl. She goes to school, ballet, and has a normal home life. She lies to her dad about things and faces all kinds of trauma. The performance was subdued. I felt like I wanted more from the story, but it was a pretty decent slice of life film.

Vegan alert:
-Lara's brother was cracking eggs.
-Lara cooks a meat dish for the New Year's Eve meal.

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Certainly moving but the repetitiveness and extremely slow pace hinder what is otherwise a really well made film. All I know is Polster’s amazing performance deserved so much better.

Cinema very frequently isn't escapist, I often find myself comparing my life to the characters on screen. In this film quite a lot, I could relate to a lot in the main character, her relationship with her father was especially relatable. Consequently, I was really moved by this film. There is some very nice camerawork as well.

just really dull

de uitvinder van spitzen is de duivel !!!

bir daha sarhoşken sinemaya falan girmeyeceğim..

It’s kind of beside the point whether or not Victor Polster is good in the lead role of Lukas Dhont’s Girl. In fact, in this case, a good performance may not even be epistemologically possible. The transgender community has not been unclear about the casting of cisgender actors in transgender roles. The message has been sent and, by now, the practice is, frankly, unacceptable. So, from the jump, I was curious how, if I liked it, I would defend a movie that was so drastically wrongheaded before it even began. That, it turns out, was not to be a problem I was going to have...

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www.filminquiry.com/girl-2018-review/
Unfortunately, what this film review said is quite true. What piqued my interest to watch this film was a genuine curiousity of what transgendered people have to go through, and also the rather conflictingly scathing reviews about this film. At first impression, the film does feel like it dives deep into the struggles of transgendered people. But as the film review correctly points out, the film focuses too much on genetalia - as if that is the only one thing that defines transgendered people. It’s not to say genatalia is offensive per se, but to almost characterize a person or community to just that ONE aspect is not a fair thing to do. The hasty and questionably happy ending does not make it any better as well, and it grossly trivializes the recovery process that people go through after inflicting self-harm.

Victor Polster as Lara is a true beauty inside and out.