Interesting and intimate portrait (60 minutes) of a trans teenager. We follow his transition during 4 years, and instead of filming a series of prolix interviews with the parents, the siblings, the neighbors, the friends, the director (who is the teenager's cousin) decides to focus on David: his body, his facial expressions, his gaze and few words as he is looking for a voice of his own.
On the topic of growing up as a trans boy, there are not many films (one would think of Tomboy, by Céline Sciamma), so this is a precious contribution to the representation of trans men. Also, the documentary pairs well with another great film from Chile, A Fantastic Woman (Una mujer fantastica), because they both highlight the need to have a new bill in Chile to facilitate the process of transition and have a faster, easier change of name and gender on official IDs. If I am not mistaken, this bill was finally passed on December 2019 (in part due to the reception of A Fantastic Woman).
On the topic of growing up as a trans boy, there are not many films (one would think of Tomboy, by Céline Sciamma), so this is a precious contribution to the representation of trans men. Also, the documentary pairs well with another great film from Chile, A Fantastic Woman (Una mujer fantastica), because they both highlight the need to have a new bill in Chile to facilitate the process of transition and have a faster, easier change of name and gender on official IDs. If I am not mistaken, this bill was finally passed on December 2019 (in part due to the reception of A Fantastic Woman).