Review of The Danish Girl (2015) by Kozakbohdan — 07 Feb 2016

I think this is an important film, which have to say something definite. First, this is not a film about sexuality, neither of transgender nor of homosexual at all. Secondly, this is not a film about transformation and therefore not a self-made.

The film is about the limit of liberalism that is reflected (at least put a question) at context of liberalism. We see a classic drama contradiction between collective (family and those relationships that are formed between people) and individual. These are dialectical forces.

The film beautifully illustrates how individualism (a legitimate desire to be yourself) destroys yourself through rejection of collective significance. Einar Wegener so rush to their own identity that destroyed a family. Despite the actual death, he dies symbolic because beyond happy family relationships did not exist, as there is no man outside society. It's like leave the village at night winter forest and die there.

Limit of liberalism - a meaningful limit of individuality. We perhaps the word limit is used here not quite correct. Perhaps quite the contrary liberalism have an aim to break the limitations of individualism, and the film shows how the individual psycho-physical determinism destroys him, because freedom that leads nowhere, not freedom.