Girl

2018
15
1h 45m

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A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.

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7.2/10

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Awards
- 33 wins & 39 nominations total

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Trivia
The casting call for the protagonist was genderless, i.e. open for girls, boys, and those who were neither. 500 people between 14 and 17 auditioned but none of them could both dance and act well, so the filmmakers decided to cast the rest of the dancers first, and there they found Victor Polster.

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Connections
Featured in 2019 Golden Globe Awards (2019)

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Featured review

9/10

Powerful and deeply moving

The story about a 16 year old girl named Lara who is born inside a boy's body. She dreams of being a ballerina and works hard for her career ambitions while also undergoing the process of gender confirmation surgery. The central performance by Victor Polster is astonishing; it feels really transcendent to the point where Lara is real and this feels like an intimate documentary. Her psychological and physical struggles are heartbreaking and I couldn't wait to see her succeed. It's beautifully filmed which accompanies its soulful understanding of being human fantastically. It's a tough watch in places but it's an incredibly involving experience and a perfect character study