Girl (2018)

Girl: Directed by Lukas Dhont. With Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts. A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.

“I see a lot of gender prejudice here from folks who demand that others not be so prejudiced about gender. It doesnu0026#39;t matter whether young Victor Poster is cisgendered, transgendered, or androgynous, the performance in this role is nuanced, vulnerable, and entirely believable. I am shocked that people would criticize either Victoru0026#39;s sexuality or gender identification in their evaluation of the film. Victor is not a poster-child… victor is acting. And doing it beautifully.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOthers seem concerned that the film oversimplifies a complex issue. But when you are a 15 year old girl in the wrong body, it is kind of simple. Itu0026#39;s one girlu0026#39;s story and experience and pain and fear, not a testament to the entire world of being transgendered. You simply cannot try to cover all issues in one personu0026#39;s story. This is not a story about the general u0026quot;truthu0026quot; of being transgendered, it is the story, as titled, of a girl. One girl. One girlu0026#39;s experience.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI felt extremely moved by the end. I hope others appreciate this as a film… a story… and not try to judge it as some sort of manifesto or expect something more of it than it should be.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf we want to normalize all human experience, we need to stop demanding more from projects like this than we would of any other story of personal trauma or tragedy. Every person is unique, every personu0026#39;s life is their own and should stand on its own merits rather than being obligated to represent an entire diverse group.”