Movie Review of The Danish Girl

 I watched the movie The Danish Girl, which is based on the biography of the first person who had undergone sex reassignment surgery in the world. 

At the beginning of the 20th century, there was a couple of painters, Mr and Mrs Wegener in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Einar Wegener was good at landscapes, and gaining fame as one of most talented artists in Denmark, but his wife, Gerda, didn’t achieve success behind Einar.

One day, Gerda asked Einar to be the foot model in place of the female model because she didn’t come on time.

When Einar wore lady’s stockings and shoes, and put the dress on his chest, he felt someone awaken inside himself.

Gerda also proposed him to pretend to be a woman and join a party together.

Einar wore a dress, wig, and makeup, and finally he became a beautiful woman.

He was named Lili, and she got attention from guys there.

Einar believed he is a woman inside, and began to change from a man to a woman since then.

Gerda was confused by her husband’s change, but she liked to paint portraits of Lili, and succeeded as an artist.

Doctors they had visited said Einar should get medical treatment of his body or brain,  because it had been believed that transgenderism was a kind of sickness in this era.

However one doctor suggested him to undergo sex reassignment surgery.

Einar decided to have it done, even though no one experienced it and it sounded dangerous.

Einar was writing diaries until he died, and his journals have been encouraging people in the movements for LGBT.

This movie was directed by Tom Hooper, and Eddie Redmayne acted as Einar and Lili.

I’m impressed by his marvelous performance. 

He delicately showed Einar becoming Lili little by little, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.

This movie reminds me of some of my LGBT friends who never complain about themselves.

I suppose I haven't been understanding their sufferings at all, even though we are friends.