Netflix has put a warning card on the controversial Belgian film 91裸聊视频淕irl,91裸聊视频� which landed on the streaming service Friday in markets including Canada, and created a resource website for its viewers.
Directed and co-written by Lukas Dhont, the Golden Globe-nominated drama has already screened at several film festivals and upset some critics with the way it depicts a 15-year-old transgender girl pursing her dream of being a ballerina while preparing for sexual reassignment surgery.
Viewers who click on the film on Netflix will first see a 91裸聊视频漹iewer discretion is advised91裸聊视频� card that says the 91裸聊视频渇ilm covers sensitive issues, and includes some sexual content, graphic nudity, and an act of self-harm.91裸聊视频�
The card also mentions www.girlmovie.info, which contains information about The Trevor Project, a 24-hour, toll-free confidential suicide hotline for LGBTQ youth in the U.S.
Also on the site is a link to TrevorSpace, an international community for young LGBTQ people, as well as the LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD and a video featuring Dhont and Nora Monsecour, a trans female dancer from Belgium whose life inspired 91裸聊视频淕irl.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淭he actions portrayed in this work of fiction are extremely dangerous and should not be attempted,91裸聊视频� says the site.
91裸聊视频淕enital mutilation, hormone overdose, and acting against trans-competent medical advice are life-threatening behaviours likely to make gender-affirming surgeries impossible. Safe options and transgender resources exist if you or a loved one wish to medically transition. If you are considering self-harm or suicide, support is available. You are not alone.91裸聊视频�
Netflix says it worked on the warning card and site with GLAAD and The Trevor Project and other LGBTQ-focused organizations.
The site is similar to the one the streaming service created for its teen drama series 91裸聊视频�13 Reasons Why,91裸聊视频� which tackles the subject of suicide.
Belgian actor Victor Polster stars as the protagonist in 91裸聊视频淕irl,91裸聊视频� who visits medical doctors and undergoes hormone therapy while training in the competitive world of dance. The film won several top awards at the Cannes Film Festival, including the Camera d91裸聊视频橭r award for best first feature film.
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Some film critics have expressed concern that the film is told from the perspective of a cisgender filmmaker with a cisgender actor playing the lead. They also take issue with the way the story was handled, noting it contains several graphic scenes focusing on the character91裸聊视频檚 genitalia and a harrowing part involving self-mutilation.
91裸聊视频淭he film has the potential to be very dangerous for a young trans person in any country who might stumble upon this and think that somehow that is a route to take to get the body that they91裸聊视频檝e always felt they should have had in the first place,91裸聊视频� Tre91裸聊视频檝ell Anderson, the Los Angeles-based director of culture and entertainment for Out magazine, said in a recent phone interview.
91裸聊视频淥ne thing the film does is it contextualizes the trans experience as being one that is purely physical and one that is purely medical. It oversimplifies the experience of being trans and doesn91裸聊视频檛 take into account the psychological state of being that trans is as well.91裸聊视频�
Anderson, who identifies as gender non-conforming, noted many trans people worldwide are required to go through therapy and have medical professionals sign off on their mental state in order for gender confirmation surgery to take place.
91裸聊视频淏eing trans is about so much more than just our bodies, it91裸聊视频檚 about more than just our genitalia, and the film did not and does not represent that aspect of being trans,91裸聊视频� said Anderson, who saw the film at a screening in L.A.
Mathew Rodriguez, a staff writer at Into magazine in Los Angeles, said he was also upset with the emphasis on the physical aspects of the character, noting the self-harm scene made him 91裸聊视频渁ngry.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚 think that we don91裸聊视频檛 necessarily need to see violence against trans bodies in that gratuitous kind of voyeuristic way on camera right now. That91裸聊视频檚 not necessary, and especially written and directed by someone who has not had the trans experience, it feels exploitative,91裸聊视频� said Rodriguez, whose review of 91裸聊视频淕irl91裸聊视频� last October called the film 91裸聊视频渁nother example of trans trauma porn.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淲hen someone talks about, 91裸聊视频極h, this film wasn91裸聊视频檛 about trans, it was about adolescence91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� using a trans story to tell a story about adolescence that you want to resonate with or that you want to make universal, feels a little exploitative to me.91裸聊视频�
Dhont was unavailable for comment, Netflix said Thursday, but he recently told the British daily newspaper The Guardian that he consulted Monsecour on the film91裸聊视频檚 script and edits. He also said he and the film91裸聊视频檚 critics 91裸聊视频渉ave the same cause.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 want to be against them, I want to be together and pushing forwards,91裸聊视频� Dhont said.
Rodriguez said he91裸聊视频檇 like to see more investment 91裸聊视频渋n amplifying trans narratives that are by trans people, directed by trans people, starring trans people, not cis people who are made to play trans parts.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淓very major role in this film, when you talk about lead actor, director, script writer 91裸聊视频� at every turn where trans people could have been involved they were not, and that91裸聊视频檚 the tragedy.91裸聊视频�
Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press
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