November 10, 2008

The Danish Girl

Charlize Theron will star with Nicole Kidman in a movie called The Danish Girl, based on a novel about real life Danish artists and husband and wife Einar and Greta Wegener.

In the 1920s, the male Einar (Kidman) posed as a woman for his painter wife Greta (Theron).
The portraits became all the rage in Copenhagen, which prompted Greta to encourage Einar to dress as a woman.
By 1931, the husband took his role another step and underwent a landmark sex-change operation that had repercussions not only in their home but also around the world.

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