(2015) Starring Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard, Eddie Redmayne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ben Whishaw, Emerald Fennell; Rated R; 120 minutes; Presented with Captions for the hearing impaired.
After standing in as a female model for a painting by his wife Gerda (Alicia Vikander), Danish artist Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne) becomes enamored with his feminine identity and begins living as a woman named Lili Elbe.
Although their marriage becomes strained, Gerda stands by Lili as she explores her true self and eventually undergoes one of the world’s first gender-reassignment surgeries in the 1930s.
This touching biopic was adapted from David Ebershoff’s book of the same name, and helmed by director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)
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- “The Tragic True Story Behind the Danish Girl” Daily Telegraph, Feb. 28, 2016