Lukas Dhont on his acclaimed film Girl, about the trans girl who is an ordinary adolescent, and the love of dance

by Leo Bankersen
30 October 201830 March 2022
9 min read
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De vader van Lukas Dhont wilde dat zijn zoon bij de scouts zou gaan. Maar met andere kinderen in de modder spelen vond Lukas niks. Hij wilde liever zingen en dansen. Hij vond het verwarrend te ontdekken dat men dat zag als meisjesdingen. Toen hij achttien was, en net op de filmschool in Gent, las hij een krantenartikel over een meisje geboren in een jongenslichaam. Ze wilde ballerina worden, maar mocht op school niet van de jongens- naar de meisjesklas. Dat thema liet Dhont niet meer los.
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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

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