When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
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Eddie Redmayne
Lili
Alicia Vikander
Gerda
Matthias Schoenaerts
Hans
Ben Whishaw
Henrik
Sebastian Koch
Warnekros
Pip Torrens
Dr. Hexler
Nicholas Woodeson
Dr. Buson
Amber Heard
Ulla
Emerald Fennell
Elsa
Adrian Schiller
Rasmussen
Director
Tom Hooper
Screenplay
Lucinda Coxon
Tagline
"Find the courage to be yourself."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$15,000,000
Revenue
$64,200,000
Production
Pretty Pictures, Working Title Films, Artémis Productions, Shelter Productions, Senator Global Productions, ReVision Pictures, Working Title Films
Reno
February 24, 2016
> An important biopic, but not inspiring. Before this film hitting the screens, I remember many experts were expecting it doing well at the Oscars. Now it's got 4 Oscar nods, even though it is very sad the movie is a hit and miss. A slipped away opportunity, had a great storyline, but the outcome was decent. An important historical biopic, at least for a certain section of the audience. I respe...
SodaCreekFilm
February 2, 2017
"You helped bring Lili to life, but she was always there." _The Danish Girl_ certainly took a long time getting to the big screen. The script went through dozens of iterations after David Ebershoff’s book was first was optioned. The cast changed numerous times. Directors passed it back and forth. Finally, after fifteen years of floating around, Tom Hooper’s film was released. And while the lead...
Filipe Manuel Neto
November 29, 2022
**Highly militant, a more neutral film would have been better.** This is a difficult film to comment on. On the one hand, and speaking exclusively from a technical point of view, it is a really good and well-made film. On the other hand, I have many questions and points of disagreement that prevent me from really approving it. And the reader better be ready to disagree healthily with what I wri...
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