Directed by Tom Hooper
Written by Lucinda Coxon/David Eberhoff
Starring: Eddie Redmayne/Alicia Vikander/Ben Whishaw/Sebastian Koch/Amber Heard
Genre: Drama/Romance/Biography
Production country: UK/USA/Belgium/Denmark/Germany
Language: English/French/German
Release date: 2015-09-05(Venice Film Festival) / 2016-01-01(UK)
Running time: 119 minutes
Synopsis of the Danish Girl
1926 In Copenhagen, landscape painter Einar (Eddie Redmayne) and figure artist Gerda (Alicia Vikander) marry. Because of the model’s failure to meet, Gerda persuaded Einar to put on women’s clothing in order to complete the painting. This accident gives Einar a female personality “Lily”, and the latter also becomes the inspiration goddess of his wife, making Gerda famous. Only with the awakening of the sleeping female personality, Einar began to hate his own body as a man, and he gradually found that Lily is not only an artistic existence, but also the real himself. Gerda also did not think that it was just a temporary game, but threw a shock bomb for her life, how should she continue to love her partner? They stick together through all kinds of social criticism and misunderstanding, and finally Gerda encourages Einar to become Lily……
Based on the life of the world’s first transgender person, The Danish Girl tells the story of a love across gender and sexual orientation, and reproduces the legendary story of a Danish painter and his wife who underwent the first gender reassignment surgery. Directed by Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper, the film was shortlisted for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.