Storyline
In a small village in the south of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, filmmaker Kateřina Turečková meets 16-year-old Ben, interested in learning about their newly discovered trans identity in person. Ben seeks refuge for their true feelings in cyberspace, finding moments of happiness by using green-screen technology to imagine their possible future. The film indirectly captures the (mis)understanding and (non-)acceptance Ben faces at school, its focused insight rounded out by the filmmaker’s interviews with Ben’s mother and sister, who inadvertently embody everything Ben hates about themself.
What People Are Saying
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“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kateř Tureček's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
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“Every frame feels alive. Why Do I Feel like a Boy? is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
