The Danish Girl
Movie • 2015 • Drama
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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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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Two fishes lost their lives for this, in the movie one is seen being gutted and an other’s body being sold.
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there is mention of a boy being hit by his father as a result of kissing another boy
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Is someone gaslighted?
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There is no gaslighting. Lili was not being made to think she was crazy and if she was lied to it was not done with malicious intent
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Use of medication prescribed by a doctor. These are generally taken as directed, but there is one scene in which the character appears to take an additional dose in response to stress; another character demands, "Didn't you just take one of those?" and receives a defiant response.
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A fish is gutted and an other fish's dead body sold.
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It may be worth noting that there is a close-up of a dead fish being sliced open for gutting at the beginning of the film.
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the main character is kissed without permission because the man "couldnt risk her saying no". later she is misgendered and touched sexually after explicitly saying no.
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Is someone restrained?
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a character is restrained to a cot for radiation therapy at around 49 minutes into the movie
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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There is a close-up of a dead fish being sliced open with a knife for gutting at the beginning of the film. This is not bloody, but may be triggering for some.
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Is there amputation?
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Why are people answering no? The main character’s genitalia is amputated.
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Does someone cheat?
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The two protagonists are a married couple and they both kiss other people.
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it seems like lilli might be sick when her nose bleeds but she never is.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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One of the protagonists visits multiple psychologists and generally has negative experiences and is misdiagnosed as a homosexual and then a schizophrenic. The sequence ends with the protagonist escaping out a window as a trio of men advance down the hall with a straightjacket.
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Electro-therapy is not used during the course of this film. However, there is a scene in which one of the protagonists is subjected to radiation therapy using outdated equipment. The protagonist does not physically struggle, but appears distressed and protests that she is not ill and does not need the treatment. Depiction of the procedure includes the protagonist lying on a bed with a leather restraint buckled across her chest and arms to immobilize the torso, a white patch strapped over the genitals, and the machine suspended over the crotch. The protagonist winces and grips the edges of the table. This is not a depiction of electro-therapy and there is no thrashing, seizing, loss of consciousness, etc. Note that it may appear similar to some and use your discretion.
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Does someone have cancer?
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It may be worth noting that radiation therapy is depicted, as well as its aftermath (the patient appearing sick/weakened). Although it is not being used to treat cancer, this may be triggering for some.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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The characters visit a hospital for radiation therapy and then spend some time in a women's clinic for surgical procedures. During the radiation scene, the patient protests that they are not ill and do not need the treatment. Depiction of outdated equipment for radiation therapy, hospital beds and restraining straps, an IV bag and rack (no close-ups of needles, etc.), an oxygen mask and tank, and some other odds and ends.
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No one commits suicide in this movie. The main protagonist admits to suicidal thoughts in one scene and when her surgeon later explains the high-risk nature of the (first-ever) sex reassignment surgery, she states that it's her "only hope". When her wife argues that it's too early to undergo the second phase of surgery, insisting, "I won't help you to kill yourself", the main protagonist points out that the surgeon thinks it's time to proceed. Acknowledging the risks of a medical procedure and proceeding at the direction of a medical professional is not suicide.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Later in the film, the main protagonist begins to show signs of having an eating disorder. Multiple characters make remarks about how thin she has become and when one of them asks how she remains so slender while eating so much sugar, she responds that the trick is to eat nothing else. Her surgeon delays a procedure, telling her that she needs to gain some weight first and regain her strength.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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the main character is implied to have an eating disorder related to her gender dysphoria
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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One of the protagonists exhibits emotional distress throughout the film, including one scene in which she gets a nosebleed while kissing a man at a party and another scene in which she attempts to excuse herself from the room, but collapses.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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There aren't slurs, but the protagonist does get physically attacked by people accusing her of being a lesbian and asking if she's a boy or a girl.
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The main protagonist is pursued and assaulted by a pair of men who accuse her of being a lesbian and ask her whether she is a man or a woman. She is also misdiagnosed by multiple doctors.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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The main character, a trans women, dies on screen after complications due to a sex reassignment surgery.
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Is there hate speech?
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no, but there is a scene where the main character is attacked by two french men (around an hour into the movie) and it's an attacked fueled by transphobia/homophobia.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Violence
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there's no gore but there is blood, it's nothing too heavy, but the main character gets a couple nosebleeds and at one point gets beat up and there's some blood on the ground and some wounds on her face afterwards
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