Determined 15-year-old Lara is committed to becoming a professional ballerina. With the support of her father, she throws herself into this quest for the absolute at a new school. Lara’s adolescent frustrations and impatience are heightened as she realises her body does not bend so easily to the strict discipline since she was born a boy. 
STARRING
Victor Polster
Arieh Worthalter
Oliver Bodart
Tijmen Govaerts
Katelijne Damen
Valentijn Dhaenens
Alice de Broqueville
Alain Honorez
Chris Thys
Angelo Tijssens
Marie-Louise Wilderijckx
Virginia Hendricksen
WRITER
Lukas Dhont
Angelo Tijssens
D.O.P
Frank van den Eeden
SOUND
Yanna Soentjens
MUSIC
Valentin Hadjadj
FILM EDITING
Alain Dessauvage
PRODUCTION
Menuet
Frakas Productions
Topkapi Films
DISTRIBUTION
Lumière
Lukas Dhont
Lukas Dhont was born in Ghent, Belgium, where he studied Audiovisual Arts. His short films Corps perdu and L’infini have won numerous awards. L’infini also received an Oscar nomination in 2015. In 2016, he participated in the Cannes Cinéfondation with Girl, the screenplay of his first feature film. It included the director’s favorite subjects such as dance, transformation, and identity. Dhont also collaborates on a regular basis with choreographer and dancer Jan Martens, with whom he made the show The Common People.
FILMOGRAPHY
2012 SKIN OF GLASS short
2012 CORPS PERDU short
2014 L’INFINI short
2018 GIRL