Synopsis

Copenhagen, 1926. Danish artist, Gerda Wegener, painted her own husband, Einar Wegener (Eddie Redmayne), as a lady in her painting. When the painting gained popularity, Einar started to change his appearance into a female appearance and named himself Lili Elbe. With his feminism passion and Gerda’s support, Einar – or Elbe – attempted one of the first male-to-female sex reassignment surgery, a decision that turned into a massive change for their marriage, that Gerda realized her own husband is no longer a man or the person she married before. A childhood friend of Einar, art-dealer Hans Axgil (Matthias Schoenaerts), shows up and starts a complex love triangle with the couple.
Tom Hooper
Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne, Tusse Silberg, Adrian Schiller
27 Nov 2015 (UK, USA, Belgium, Denmark, Germany)
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 59 nominations.tt0810819 , Paris, Denmark, Copenhagen, Artist, Art, Transsexual, Surgery