by Sherilyn Connelly François Ozon's The New Girlfriend could have gone wrong in many ways, and though there is some clunkiness, it's a (mostly) thoughtful portrait of a transgender woman becoming herself. Claire (Anaïs Demoustier) and Laura (Isild Le Besco) were BFFs since childhood; when Laura dies after giving birth, Claire reaches out to her widowed husband (Romain Duris), whom she discovers dresses as female in private....
by Sherilyn Connelly François Ozon's The New Girlfriend could have gone wrong in many ways, and though there is some clunkiness, it's a (mostly) thoughtful portrait of a transgender woman becoming herself. Claire (Anaïs Demoustier) and Laura (Isild Le Besco) were BFFs since childhood; when Laura dies after giving birth, Claire reaches out to her widowed husband (Romain Duris), whom she discovers dresses as female in private....
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