R21 / English / Drama / Biography / 2 Hours
R21 / English / Drama / Biography /
Director: Tom Hooper |
Cast: Eddie Redmayne Alicia Vikander Amber Heard Matthias Schoenaerts Ben Whishaw |
Release Date: 7 January, 2016 |
Running Time: 2 Hours |
Distributor: UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES |
Set in early 1920s, a Danish artist named Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar Wegener to stand in for a female model and paints him as a female. When the painting gained popularity, Einar starts to develop an interest in female appearance and begins to change his physical appearance into a female and calls himself Lili Elbe. Lili then becomes the first ever recipient of male to female sex reassignment surgery, and this causes a massive change in Gerda and Lili`s marriage. Einar`s childhood friend, Hans Axgil, shows up and forms a complex love triangle with the couple.