(WGST 304 post #9)
This film follows a young French boy, Ludo, who feels he's a girl trapped in a boy's body. My favorite scene shows Ludo imagining his X chromosome being lost and thrown in the trash, explaining why he is a "girl-boy" to Jerome, the boy he wants to marry.
It seems perfectly clear to Ludo what she is. She seems to understand how she feels and what she should be, and has little problem expressing that. The real issues come into play during the film when her parents and the neighbors figure out that this isn't a joke and she isn't growing out of it. This goes back to child innocence and how children rarely get confused until their parents influence their thoughts one way or another. Families are supposed to be support systems, providing a safe haven from the rest of the cruel world when times get hard. For Ludo, and many children in this situation, it is the family that causes the problem and will not accept the child for what they feel they are: they must be what society says they are. The way we define gender must change. People cannot be but in boxes and labeled based on stereotypes and expectations.
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