Lara, a 15-year-old transgender girl who aspires to be a professional ballerina, moves with her supportive francophone father, Mathias, and younger brother to attend a prestigious Dutch-speaking dance academy. Undergoing hormone replacement therapy in preparation for sex reassignment surgery, she is frustrated by the slow progress of the treatment. At school, she tucks her penis with tape during ballet practices and experiences transphobic harassment from her classmates. Since the taping has caused an infection, she is denied the surgery for now, so she mutilates her penis with a pair of scissors. The film ends with a shot of Lara walking down a street in the sun.
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Drama |
Country: | Belgium, Netherlands |
Directed By: | Lukas Dhont |
Written By: | Angelo Tijssens, Lukas Dhont |
Cast: | Valentijn Dhaenens, Victor Polster, Magali Elali, Arieh Worthalter, Tijmen Govaerts, Alice De Broqueville, Daniel Nicodème, Alain Honorez, Marie-Louise Wilderijckx, Angelo Tijssens, Chris Thys, Oliver Bodart, Els Olaerts, Virginia Hendricksen, Katelijne Damen |
In Theaters: | Mar 15, 2019 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 49 minutes |
Production: | Menuet Producties, Frakas Productions, Topkapi Films, Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles, Nederlands Filmfonds, Telenet |
Available On: | Netflix |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |