I’M A BOY

Soy Nino. CL/FR 2022. Director: Lorena Zilleruelo. Screenplay: Lorena Zilleruelo. 62 min. Documentary. OV w/Eng. sub. Suitable from age 12. Recommended from age 14.

GERMAN PREMIERE | Filmguest at the cine­ma: Director Lorena Zilleruelo on 7.10.2022 at DFF Cinema and on 8.10.2022 at Cinéma

THE FILMMAKER PORTRAYS HER COUSINS JOURNEY FROM A  TEENAGER TO A MAN. 

Puberty is a mons­ter. Everything chan­ges — fee­lings, the body, rela­ti­onships. David also strug­gles with his own reflec­tion. The 12-year-old does­n’t grow a beard but breasts. In the fol­lo­wing years the jour­ney beg­ins for him to find hims­elf. It is the tran­si­ti­on from Andrea to David to Bastian. With gre­at empa­thy, his cou­sin Lorena Zilleruelo accom­pa­nies him with the came­ra on his way from a teen­ager to a man. In a very per­so­nal por­trait, the film­ma­ker ques­ti­ons the social norms and at the same time shows how fami­ly can incre­asing­ly stand up for the rights of trans* peo­p­le. (KT)