Little Girl (2020)

Original title

Petite fille

Directed by

Sébastien Lifshitz

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 118 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Seven-year-old Sasha has known she is a girl since age four but was assigned male at birth. The film follows her and her family as they navigate her transition in provincial France, including visits to a psychiatrist who diagnoses her with gender dysphoria.

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What happens

Little Girl (French: Petite fille) is a 2020 French documentary film written and directed by Sébastien Lifshitz. The cinematography was by Paul Guilhaume, and the editing was by Pauline Gaillard. It focuses on the story of transgender seven-year-old Sasha, who was assigned male at birth but has known she is a girl since the age of four. She sees a psychiatrist with a special interest in gender who diagnoses her with gender dysphoria. The documentary follows the difficulty Sasha and her family face in helping her transition in provincial France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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