When his girlfriend can’t get pregnant, a trans man decides to carry the child in her stead in the French drama A Good Man. This is the latest feature from writer-director Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar.
She here reteams here with Portrait of a Lady on Fire breakout star Noemie Merlant, who first appeared on the radar of French cinema lovers in Mention-Schaar’s equally well-intentioned female jihadi dramaHeaven Will Wait.
The choice to have Merlant, a cis woman, play a trans man will no doubt reignite the ongoing debate about trans casting that last really intensified around the time Neflix wanted to debut their Cannes darling GirlStateside.
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