The Danish Girl, a biographical film directed by tom hopper, was adapted from the real experience of Danish artist Einar Wegener, who was very popular in 1930s. It tells the story of Danish transsexual artist Einar Wegener (the first transsexual in the world) and his wife Gilda Wegner. This film was selected as the main competition unit film of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival on July 29th, 2005.
When she was a child, under the kiss of her good friend Hans, Einar Wegener realized that there lived a woman named Lily in her heart. The kissing scene was seen by his father, and his good friend Hans was chased by his father, which also caused his helplessness in hiding Lily. Wake up every morning and tell yourself to be a good person. As an adult, he became a painter and married a painter named Gilda. They love each other, support each other and paint together every day. When there was no market for his wife's paintings and he was asked to wear women's clothes as a model, Lily in Ainard's heart woke up. Einar deeply felt his helplessness as a man and was eager to become a woman, especially after meeting a gay artist in women's clothes played by Ben Whishaw at the party. In the process of kissing the artist, he found that he wanted to be loved by men as a woman, not strictly gay. In order to correct this idea, he and his wife sought help from a psychologist. The doctor only classified his illness as a simple endocrine disorder, and even thought that he was schizophrenic and locked him up. After accepting the invitation from Paris, his wife came to Paris with Einar. Facing Aina's increasingly serious illness, she turned to Hans for help, but Hans fell in love with her. Einar finally decided to undergo a sex-change operation with the help of a doctor and really become a woman, for which he paid the price of his life.
I remember a plastic surgeon said that transsexuality is just that God put your soul in another bottle by mistake, and all we have to do is put it back in place. Everyone in the movie is struggling in pain. Einar's pain is not understood. As a man, he was misunderstood as a sissy. As a woman, Lily has been trapped in a man's body for decades, telling herself to be a man every day. When he chose to be a woman, wanted a new life and gave up his identity as Ainard, he deeply hurt his beloved wife. As a man in the 1930s, the pressure of public opinion when he went for sex-change surgery and became a woman was absolutely great, not to mention that he was a famous painter, and his courage was evident. Gilda is the most painful person in the whole play, but his whim has caused serious consequences. Her beloved husband wants to be sisters with himself. She should not only give up her love for her husband, but also accept and help the appearance of "Lily" that led to her husband's death. Facing Hans' feelings, she hesitated. She still loves Einar as a man, but she has to accept the fact that he is dead. When others don't understand or even laugh at Aina, she has no choice but to stand on her husband's side and try her best to understand him, help him and comfort him. After accepting the fact that her husband could not come back, she needed a strong arm to help her go on, so she accepted Hans' courtship and they spent the last few years with Einar. Hans is also a man struggling in pain. He met the right girl, but he was a model wife who deeply loved his childhood. He wanted to give up Gilda, but he couldn't. He wanted to follow, but he was caught in the dilemma that "a friend's wife can't bully". He may not understand Einar's firm determination to be a woman, but he supported her in small moves. When Gilda needed a support, he resolutely extended his arms and provided a warm harbor like a friend, asking for nothing in return, just to give you a little meager strength. The gay artist played by Ben Whishaw is the least painful in this film, but it is also full of helpless people. I thought it was a man who touched my heart, only to find that the other person wanted to be a woman, but he could not let her go, but he had to accept that he had become a woman.
Modern society has been much more open than the last century, but there is still discrimination against ethnic minorities, who think that being different from themselves is a disease. I think the director not only wants to talk about Einar's experience, but more importantly, he wants to strengthen people's thinking about human nature and increase their attention, understanding and understanding of ethnic minorities. Everyone has their own love, and there is no need to impose their ideas on others. May everyone be brave enough to be himself and draw strength from this film.