TomBoy

Lisa: [subtitled version] "Are you looking for the others? I noticed you looking at them. They already left. Are you new around here?"
Laure: "Yeah, we got in yesterday."
Lisa: "I'm Lisa. I live here."
[pause]
Lisa: "You're shy."
Laure: "No, I'm not."
Lisa: "Won't you tell me your name?"
Laure: "Mikael, my name is Mikael."









Yet another movie about being brave enough to be yourself however this one has a large amount of deception. Laure or better known as Mikael and his family are new to town, he appears to be a closeted transgender boy as when he first meets Lisa and she asks for his name without hesitation he says Mikael. He appears to have a comfortable and loving family, his Mother, Father and little sister. Being somewhat shy when he initially moves there he doesn't automatically interact with the children who live in and around his complex. The next day when he gets downstairs only Lisa is there who ends up striking a conversation with him, Mikael is totally oblivious to it but Lisa has a crush on him. 
Mikael's appearance further instills the image of a young boy as he has cropped hair which he gets his little sister to help maintain with her child-safe scissors, wears clothes stereotypical of a little boy, his stance and personality only further confirms it. Since none of the children have reached puberty yet Mikael is also about to remove his t-shirt during a soccer game to further blend in. He is very particular with details, he cuts his swimming costume into speedo trunks and rolls a piece of play-dough into a male anatomy part to put into his trunks. His secret is almost discovered one day when  he
wanders off to pee in private and obviously has to crouch down however when he stands back up to pull up his shorts and underwear he isn't sure whether or not he has been found out. His true identity is only discovered after he and another little boy get into a fight, when the mother of the other child comes to confront Mikael's Mother, initially Mikael's Mother goes along with the charade however she soon changes her mind citing that she is doing it for his benefit. She then goes to the child who Mikael fought earlier house to clarify/clear up a few things, specifically Laure/Mikael's true identity. This just leaves Laure or better know as Mikael to be distraught and withdrawn and not wanting to go outside anymore now that everyone knows the truth. He eventually goes outside but he must now suffer the repercussions of his lies at the hands of his friends.


Rayan: [subtitled version]
[to Laure]
Rayan: "We hear you're a girl. We're gonna check that."
Lisa: "Stop it! What do you think you're doing?"
Rayan: "We're gonna check if she's really a girl."
Lisa: "Leave him alone."
Rayan: "You're right. It's YOU who'll check."
Lisa: "No, I won't."
Rayan: "If she's a girl, then you kissed her. It's disgusting. Right?"
Lisa: "Yes, it's disgusting."
Rayan: "Then, you're gonna do it."
[Lisa pulls down Laure's pants]




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