Charlie has been shouldering his father's unfinished football dream since he was a child, and everything is as his father expected, he became a star student in the team at the age of 12, and he was given the opportunity to sign with a well-known club.
But at this time, Charlie was not happy, but appeared restless, because it seemed that there was another self in his body, and he was eager to rush out.
At first, Charlie chose to suppress this inner impulse as much as possible, and found that the more he suppressed this feeling, the more intense it became, and there were side effects that made him lose interest in both his studies and football.
When he could no longer suppress this impulse, Charlie could only choose to carefully be the true self in his heart in a place where no one found.
There is no wall in the world that does not leak, and Charlie's behavior is still known to his parents. Seeing Charlie at this time, his father seemed very angry and disappointed, and ordered him to immediately change back to his "normal" self. And the terrified Charlie, like most transgender people who have just begun to identify with themselves, convinces his father that he will become "normal".
The idea of being himself and being a "normal person" in the eyes of his parents clashed fiercely in his brain, making him miserable. Unable to endure the endless torture, Charlie tried to end the suffering by committing suicide.
Fortunately, the suicide was not successful, after this incident, the mother, after crying and sad, chose to accept and took Charlie to seek professional help, as long as Charlie was safe and happy, and nothing else mattered. The sister is the same, still in love with Charlie, taking Charlie shopping to buy beautiful girls' clothes, helping him dress up, and breaking up with Charlie because of his good friend's sarcastic remarks.
Despite this, Charlie's life is still difficult, his father's low tolerance for cross-dressing, the disapproval of friends, the blank eyes of strangers, and so on.
Father, amid his disapproval of Charlie and the gossip of his neighbors, finally couldn't stand running away from home. Then I learned from the neighbor that the neighbor's son had reconciled with Charlie and had a good time, and apologized for the last time he said Charlie. At this time, the father found that he still loved Charlie and his family, and truly accepted Charlie in his heart, and bought a gift to go home to surprise Charlie.
The ending of the show is a bit hasty, a bit of an ending for the sake of ending. I think that Charlie's road ahead is still difficult, but as long as he always has the courage to be himself, I believe that no matter how big the difficulties can be overcome, and there is a loving family behind him.
Transgender people are in the minority even within the sexual minority, and their situation is even more difficult than that of homosexuals. This film does not explore the reasons for the formation of transgender people, but pays more attention to the self-acceptance of transgender people in adolescence and the acceptance process of people around him, especially parents, and the portrayal of family and social relations is very realistic, which can stimulate our deep thinking about gender values.
I am very happy to see more and more diverse films with sexual minority themes, and usually we see more of these themes related to homosexuality, but the one introduced today is an excellent film with transgender themes.
No matter how you choose, whether to hide or release, whether it is for homosexuals or transgender people, this road is bumpy, bumpy, hard, and there is nothing we can do but be brave! Regardless of the subject matter, the details of the film are in place, the acting skills are online, and it has made people cry several times.
There is still a long way to go before everyone can accept people who are different from themselves. But one day, the world will be more different.
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