Tuesday 25 October 2016

Problems with the process

The Danish Girl (2015)

Directed by Tom Hooper this film based on a true story stars Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander and Matthias Schoenaerts. We follow the coming out story of a transwoman living in the 1920s in Denmark.

Not without controversy this film tells a trans coming out story that is sadly all too reminiscent of the way trans people are treated today. While I enjoyed the film and it's approach to the subject matter unfortunately it is not exactly historically accurate which I feel always does a disservice to those who had to live through the real events. I thought the cast gave really good performances, it is just a shame about the historical inaccuracies.


4/5

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