The result was Girl, out now in cinemas, starring 27-year-old breakout actor Victor Polster, a student at the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp, as 15-year-old transgender ballerina Lara. And though Girl —which was released on Netflix today after being highly awarded at the Cannes Film Festival last year—isn't a biography, "the essence of the story is the same," says Monsecour. 5,850 Followers, 704 Following, 222 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Nora Monsecour (@monsnora) “Girl” launches on Netflix and in select theaters January 18, 2019. And this is a metaphor for suicide.” While the scene is gruesome and heavy to watch, Dhont says it was one of the easiest scenes to film. Interviews with leading film and TV creators about their process and craft. “Besides being trans, he was really interested in how I was as a dancer and what drives me in life. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. Nora Monsecour on Instagram: “Chante posti di amore fronto ame ”, Girl has opened doors for Monsecour, including the opportunity to write a book, which she's currently working on. From Psycho to Evil Dead: what is movie gore made from? But her school wouldn’t let her. Having taken puberty blockers at the age of 11, she was halfway through her female hormone replacements, with her sights set on gender reassignment surgery. Watching Girl for the first time was "liberating," says Monsecour. "I fell in love with it completely," she says. And we needed someone who could dance. We find Lara, supported by her loving father Matthias (Arieh Worthalter), at the beginning of both the transitioning process and an unforgiving career in dance.
If the film was a fictionalised account of her life, rather than a documentary, she would do it. "We can really connect on that level," she says. “But I hope people can see it as a metaphor from the dark thoughts that I had, and that a lot of young people in my same situation also have. It was Belgium’s submission to the Oscars in the same category, but was recently left off the short list. Monsecour wanted Polster to have the freedom to interpret the character in his own way. So I was busy with, 'Is anyone going to see my body parts? Dhont approached Monsecour about doing the film after reading an article about her, and she said she trusted him immediately because of his passion, warmth, and enthusiasm. Monsecour's story differs from Lara's in another notable way: At age 14, Monsecour was "pushed away from the ballet world. “All the scenes that focused on the body came directly from Nora,” he says.
What’s on TV tonight: Don’t Rock the Boat, Deliveroo: Secrets of Your Takeaway, and more, How The Untouchables transformed Sean Connery's screen image, Life as a Bond girl: 'Of course Sean Connery tried to seduce me', Why Mick Jagger is cinema's greatest scene-stealer. “Girl” is a work of fiction, but Monsecour asserts that it is an accurate depiction of her own lived experience. Monsecour, a young trans girl, wanted to become a ballerina but her school had refused to allow her to switch classes. ), “I want to make it clear that I have not committed this harm to myself. But a lot of transgender people commit suicide. Monsecour told IndieWire that she wasn't concerned about whether the actor who played her was trans or not. “But unlike in Hollywood, where it’s different because there are a lot of talented trans actors, and money and status get in the way, it was much harder for us. Sidney Ramsey (BFA '21) in Saleemah E. Knight's class last year, USC Kaufman artist in residence Hope Boykin leading rehearsal last semester, USC Kaufman dancer Benjamin Peralta (BFA '22), "If the world was a bunch of people sitting in a room, and you raise your hand, then you better have something interesting to say," says our February cover star @rajafeatherkelly. "You really find yourself in the aesthetic." She went on to study at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in England, and is currently in her first year as a company member with tanzmainz in Germany, dancing works by choreographers like Roy Assaf and Felix Berner.
I didn’t see Victor as a male actor going to play a trans role. And they haven't solely been dancing. "I have so much appreciation for him." “There is a danger,” says Dhont, “in mixing activism and art.