MA VIE EN ROSE

ABOUT THE FILM:

In French with English subtitles.

“Think of the children!” wail the people whose real agenda is to erase transgender kids rather than protect them. One such child is Ludo (Georges Du Fresne) who absolutely and completely understands that she is a girl, no matter what it says on her birth certificate. Ludo’s unquestioning and unwavering commitment to her girlhood makes waves among her family’s closed-minded new neighbors, and even Ludo’s parents have a hard time coming to terms with their child’s gender identity.

Director and co-writer Alain Berliner skillfully captures the reality of the suburban bourgeoisie, as well as the cotton-candy fantasies where Ludo can be herself in the company of a Barbie-like doll named Pam, in a gently moving story of parents learning that truly loving their child means truly understanding her. (And this non-didactic movie is for families, by the way, despite the MPAA’s bizarre and probably transphobic decision to slap this lovely film with an R rating.)

Program notes by author Alonso Duralde

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Sony

COUNTRY: France/Belgium/UK