BORN TO BE HUMAN

By Lily NI

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LGBT - Completed 2021

A teenager’s life is upended when they discover they are intersex but have almost no rights over their bodily autonomy.

    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • LGBT, Social issues, Drama
    • Countries
    • TAIWAN
    • Languages
    • MANDARIN
    • Duration
    • 105 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Lily NI
    • Synopsis
    • YANG Shi-Nan (Lily LEE) is a 14-year-old boy who undergoes a metamorphosis without realising what is going on. It begins on a normal school day when he gets stomach cramps. After rushing to the toilet he notices that his urine is turning bloody red. Taken to a doctor he is diagnosed with "Disorders of Sex Development," or intersex. Without consulting him, Shi-Nan's parents decide to accept "sex reassignment surgery", turning Shi-Nan into a female and changing her name to Shi-Lan. The family moves to a new city to start a new life and it all seems to be going well as Shi-Lan blends in and even makes friends. It seems like the butterfly is about to break out of its chrysalis but can Shi-Lan truly embrace her transformation?