11 May 2016
French film "Une Nouvelle Amie (The New Girlfriend)" Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation
The story of the film reminds me of American transwoman, Caitlyn Jenner, who was a Olympic gold medalist named Bruce Jenner.
He turned himself to be a woman at the age of 65 but her sexual preference was the same as before. She loves women.
The story started with a funeral scene and a woman named Claire who lost her bestfriend making a speech.
Her late bestfriend, Laura had been married and had a girl. One day Claire entered Laura's house and saw David, husband of Laura, dressed in woman cloth.
Claire was at first upset but later gradually accepting his feminine part and then attracted to him being a woman. In the end, the two fell in love with each other as two women.
Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation are two seperate matters. Never interlook each other.
The movie is about what is a big deal about gender and sexual orientation.
The actor who played David was excellent in terms of casting and his act as transwoman.
He was kind of a bi-sexual or neutral person but never disgusting. He was beautifully musculine as well as feminine.
In Japan it is said Gods or Buddha are asexual. Gender is what we, humanity defines.
Last week I attended one of LBGT events set forth for Tokyo Rainbow Parade 2016 held on 8 of May. The event was discussion on how family members of LGBT deal with their LGBT member and society. I met a Korean American woman whose daughter turned herself into male at the age of 16. She said she was encouraged by Jenner's coming out and was glad that her son could do the same much earlier age.
As the theme in this movie has become common recently, LGBT lifestyle has become more socially acceptable.
We may be living in a greatest transition period.
P.S. The French song, "Une femme avec moi" was just excellent as the movie as a whole.