Synopse
A trans* teenager fights with her body in her struggle to become a ballerina – and a woman: Lukas Dhont’s prize-winning debut film is a moving drama about finding one’s identity. Lara wants to become two things in her life: a professional ballet dancer and the woman she has always felt herself to be. Supported by her father, the 15-year old does an 8-week training course at a well-known ballet school and keeps overtaxing her body. At the same time, she begins a course of hormone therapy. But the transformation isn’t fast enough for Lara, neither to become a dancer nor a woman.
Regie
Lukas Dhont is one of the most important new voices in European Queer Cinema. The Belgian director won several international awards with his debut Girl and his second film Close (FFHH 2022).
Vorstellungen
30.09.2026 19:00 Uhr
Metropolis
TicketsInfo
Original Title: Girl
International Title: Girl
Section: Filmmaker in Focus
Version & Subtitles: French, English OV with German subtitles
Director: Lukas Dhont
Screenplay: Lukas Dhont, Angelo Tijssens
Cast/Protagonists: Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts, Katelijne Damen, Valentijn Dhaenens, Magali Elali
Production country: Netherlands, Belgium
Year of Production: 2018
Length: 105 min
Producer: Dirk Impens
Production company: Menuet
Cinematography: Frank van den Eeden
Sound: Yanna Soentjens
Editor: Alain Dessauvage
Music: Valentin Hadjadj
Costume Design: Cathérine Van Bree
Co-producer: Jean-Yves Roubin, Cassandre Warnauts, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings, Frans van Gestel
co-production company: Frakas Productions, Topkapi Films
Distributor: DCM Film Distribution GmbH
Kontakt: Candy Fiedler / DCM Film Distribution GmbH
