• biographical romantic drama film
• directed by Tom Hooper
• based on the 2000 novel of the same title by David Ebershoff
• loosely inspired by the lives of Danish painters Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener

The film stars Eddie Redmayne as Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of gender affirming surgery, Alicia Vikander as Gerda Wegener and Sebastian Koch as Kurt Warnekros,

• with Ben Whishaw, Amber Heard, and Matthias Schoenaerts in supporting roles.

Crticisms
The Danish Girl has been criticised as being written similarly to forced feminization erotica, obscuring the actual story of a historical transgender woman, and for being based on a fictional book that does not tell the true story of Elbe and Wegener. Additionally, it was criticised for casting Redmayne, a cisgender man, in the role of a transgender woman. Redmayne acknowledged this criticism in an interview with Indiewire around the time of the film's 2015 release, calling it an "incredibly important discussion".

In a 2018 GQ interview, Redmayne said he was unsure in retrospect if he should have accepted the role.[65] He stated in 2021 that he regretted it, stating, "I made that film with the best intentions, but I think it was a mistake. The bigger discussion about the frustrations around casting is because many people don’t have a chair at the table. There must be a leveling, otherwise, we are going to carry on having these debates."

See wikipedia for full details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Danish_Girl_(film)

Languages

Audio track: English

Subtitles: English, French, Spanish (Latin America)

Languages

Audio track: English

Subtitles: none