WHY DO YOU NEED WORDS FOR YOUR GENDER IDENTITY IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BE DEFINED BY IT ANYWAY?

Alberta, Canada, in 1987: Robin does not have an easy start at the new school, becau­se the­re is a lot of whis­pe­ring. Is Robin a boy or a girl? Although class bul­ly Carter in par­ti­cu­lar tri­es to make life dif­fi­cult for Robin, he also has a cer­tain fasci­na­ti­on for Robin. Robin lob­bies for Robin and Carter to be bud­dies on a school band field trip, whe­re the two of them are allo­wed to hang out in the mall. It is the start of an unex­pec­ted fri­end­ship that is to suf­fer frac­tures when cool Izzy enters their lives. The film explo­res the the­me of iden­ti­ty from various points of view. The ques­ti­on “Who are you?” runs through the plot — be it in terms of ori­gin, gen­der or cha­rac­ter. (JK)