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
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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