THE DANISH GIRL - (review)

Now that's an unconditional love story!

It just isn't easy enacting a role like this, there's a scene where Einar Wegener struggling with his inner conflicts & identity, visits a brothel & instead of being aroused by the nude sex worker's moves, starts imitating her gestures,understanding his self-perception. It takes lot of conviction for an actor to portray not just a character but to completely submerge himself into it. The tenderness, the touch, the swift movement of his hands across his face & body, the postures, the shy downward glances & the innocence is more than just perfect! One of the most amazing & delicate love stories i have seen in a long time, one must praise both Eddie Redmayne & Alicia Vikander for the sheer dedication to their craft. And what an extraordinary job by Alicia Vikander (a worthy academy award for this role). Her performance reconstructs an open-minded artist who has an unconditional love for her husband,her muse, which is not easy, no matter what. She forsook the obscure love she had for Hans, to be protected and caressed as a wife, every women rightfully deserve from their husbands.
For that love, she lost almost everything, just for the sake of the man she loved unconditionally, Gerda is class apart!