Laurence Anyways
(2012)
★ 7.6 IMDb · 918 votes
Year: 2012
Runtime: 168 мин
Country: Canada, France
Director: Ксавье Долан
Cast: Melvil Poupaud, Suzanne Clément, Натали Бей, Monia Chokri, Сьюзэн Алмгрен, Yves Jacques, Sophie Faucher, Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Catherine Bégin, Emmanuel Schwartz
Plot
The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self.
The movie highlights ten years in the life of a literature teacher named Laurence who transforms himself into a woman after years of concealing his feelings. Her tremulous relationship with her family is further complicated by revealing herself to them while she struggles to find comfort with her significant other Frédérique. Though others may not initially accept or understand Laurence in her true form, those who knew her before her transformation still know her as Laurence, anyways.