A Moving Film

Rating: 9/10 (16 January 2016)

Eddie Redmayne is stunning in this film, as well as Alicia Vikander's performance. I enjoyed this movie and it is very touching and emotional. Redmayne's performance is captivating. He captures a woman's movements, expression and he looks beautiful--Not bad for a man. You will know when you see the film. It is wonderful that they made this film, because I did not know transgender history and hardship way back then. This film is biographical and is set in mid-1920s Copenhagen. The portrait artist Gerda Wegener (Alicia Vikander) asks her husband, popular landscape artist Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne), to stand in for a female model that was late to pose for a painting she is working on. In addition, the act of Einar posing as a female figure reveals his hidden gender identity as a female, named Lili Elbe, when he feels the softness of the garment, stockings and shoes. Ms. Vikander's performance is amazing as a supportive wife. I like her in Ex Machina and she does not disappoint in this film. I like to watch a movie that teaches me something new and be move by it as well. This film sure did. It is a wonderful love story. A must see!