Monday, May 22, 2023

Fanfic

Toska is young and exploring her gender identity. One day she is given male clothes to change into because hers were soaked by the rain she had been in and something seems to click.

This Polish film touches on sexuality and gender and what it looks like for this young GenZ generation who has a more fluid perspective on both. Suddenly Toska is binding her breasts, cutting her hair and using male pronouns much to the chagrin of her single father whose Zoloft pills she steals to try to find balance. She also fancies a gay boy who likes her male energy.

It's not going to maybe win awards,  but the way the subject matter is handled here I think is an accurate reflection of how youth now lives this new landscape. 

Fanfic is on Netflix in Polish with English subtitles.



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