Ma Vie en Rose (My Life in Pink) 1997: Trans Cinema Ahead of Its Time ft. Polly Schattel
What does it mean to know exactly who you are when the whole world is handing you a beige palette and wondering why you won't use it? This week, Beth and Michelle are joined by award-winning filmmaker and author Polly Schattel, whose new trans-centered novel Crater Girl is out now, to discuss the 1997 French-Belgian film Ma Vie en Rose (My Life in Pink), directed by Alain Berliner.
Seven-year-old Ludovic is completely certain she is a girl. Her suburban neighborhood is completely certain she is not. What follows is one of the most quietly devastating portraits of belonging ever put to film —…
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