Girl

Name: Girl
Genre: Drama
Released: March 15, 2019
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Alain Honorez, Alexia Depicker, Alice de Broqueville, Arieh Worthalter, Chris Thys

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): March 15, 2019 | Not Rated

Starring: Alain Honorez, Alexia Depicker, Alice de Broqueville, Arieh Worthalter, Chris Thys, Julia Effertz, Katelijne Damen, Magali Elali, Nele Hardiman, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts, Valentijn Dhaenens, Victor Polster

Summary: Lara is a 15-year-old girl, born in the body of a boy, who dreams of becoming a ballerina.

Director: Lukas Dhont

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 105 min

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Joe Walsh

May 18, 2018

Girl is an extraordinarily moving film. Read full review

The Playlist Jordan Ruimy

May 18, 2018

With enlivening performances and thoughtful filmmaking, Girl has the power to not just change lives but reinvigorate your belief in cinema. Read full review

The Film Stage Rory O'Connor

May 18, 2018

This effort to show Lara’s struggle like a coming-of-age story is what sets Girl apart. Dhont fleshes out his story with little growing-up moments everyone can relate to. Read full review

Peter Debruge

May 18, 2018

For Lara, dancing matters more than dating, more than anything, and as such, Dhont’s relatively modest film manages to encompass the themes of both “Billy Elliot” and “Tomboy,” and deserves the recognition of both. Read full review

Steve Pond

May 21, 2018

It is a quiet movie until it isn’t, a gentle character study that goes into extreme territory, a wrenching drama that you think is about finding acceptance until it threatens to become about the impossibility of that very thing. Read full review

Wendy Ide

May 18, 2018

What’s crucial to the film’s success, however is the fact that, despite its candour about Lara’s pain, the film refuses to relinquish a note of hope. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Mar 15, 2019

Does Girl work as a film? No. It does not. Read full review

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alejandro970

Mar 4, 2023

El tema de la confusión e identidad sexual, así como la aceptación son un tema bastante difícil de tratar en una película. Lo que se hace aquí, en la persona de una aspirante a bailarina, es disertarlo de la manera más correcta, aunque puede ser incómodo para ciertos espectadores.

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DogeGamer2015

Jan 10, 2021

Es una película con una trama muy buena; pero que no la recomiendo a personas muy sensibles.

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MacMama

Apr 7, 2019

This is a Great Movie! A Young Friend went through this, at a young age, and the Ideas and Angst were real. She was a lot like Lara! If someone thinks this story was delusional, they should walk a mile in Lara's Pumps! There are situations that many kids won't go through included in thisThis is a Great Movie! A Young Friend went through this, at a young age, and the Ideas and Angst were real. She was a lot like Lara! If someone thinks this story was delusional, they should walk a mile in Lara's Pumps! There are situations that many kids won't go through included in this movie, but it is consistent with what an American Child would have to go through. The fact that the Father was supportive is realistic! What Parent wouldn't love their child, no matter what they did. This is something a Parent should realize their Child who has gone through this needs love, and this movie Correctly shows this, and is consistent with what I know of my Young Friend! She is now an upstanding citizen!
And, the ending is unfortunate, but also real! People don't realize that this part of the population suffers from around a 40% suicide attempt rate. We should love these Girls and Boys. Remember Matthew Shepard! His situation was a real story! That was going the other way, Girl to Boy. And he ended up dead, beaten, on a Fence. What child deserves that? Watch "Boys Don't Cry!" with Hillary Swank. She won an Oscar for her portrayal, and that was based on a Real Story! "Girl" was also based on a Real Story, and her name was Nora Monsecour. Look her up! She liked the film. Not too bad for her own story! It wasn't "abnormal behavior", because being born means you could have a lot of things go different with your Body. It's a Miracle that we are as born as close as we are to each other, in how we are. It really is a spectrum! Is being Left Handed a Birth Defect? Red Hair? Those are about the same percentage of the population as people born Gender Dysphoric! Ask a Left Handed person if they have a Birth Defect, next time you see them!
You have to ask yourself: What Would You Do, If Your Child Came To You With This? This Story puts you in that situation.… Expand

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JoeCool

Jun 16, 2019

Gut wrenching drama about a girl, who wants to become a ballerina more than anything else, but is trapped inside a boy body. Trying to get socially accepted as a girl is of course a struggle. Beautifully made and well acted, no doubt created to feed the gender debate, but this kind of thingGut wrenching drama about a girl, who wants to become a ballerina more than anything else, but is trapped inside a boy body. Trying to get socially accepted as a girl is of course a struggle. Beautifully made and well acted, no doubt created to feed the gender debate, but this kind of thing does happen. It's always better to be informed than ignorant, so watch this movie.… Expand

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AntonioSanAlo99

Jun 27, 2019

The story was ok but something in the treatment of camera interferes the conection between the character and the audience. The strong performance and the beauty of photography was there, but the opression of the character probably was better explained with a more near perception of theThe story was ok but something in the treatment of camera interferes the conection between the character and the audience. The strong performance and the beauty of photography was there, but the opression of the character probably was better explained with a more near perception of the camera in some scenes like in the dancing ones.… Expand

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jeffer21

Mar 15, 2019

sensitive film, conceptually open, consistent performances and wonderful photography

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