Thursday, August 10, 2017

The Danish Girl

The Danish Girl was an incredible film loosely based on the lives and marriage of Danish artists Einar and Gerda Wegener. When Einar made the brave transition to become a woman, Lili Elbe, she became one of the few pioneers for transgender awareness in the 1920’s. Her story is one that still inspires people to this day.

The character development and script were remarkable but what was the most moving about this film was the actor’s portrayals of these emotionally complicated characters. The passion and depth that that these two actors, Eddie Redmayne as Einar Wegener/Lili Elbe and Alicia Vikander as Gerda Wegener, were able to evoke was brilliant and quite mesmerizing. 

The Oscar buzz that this movie and these actors received was well deserved. Eddie and Alicia are quickly becoming a couple of my favorites to see onscreen. Both have had quite a few great movies as of late and this is just another added to their resume. I’d definitely recommend checking this one out. 

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