This arthouse film is based on the true story of artists Lili Elbe (formerly Einar Wegener) and Gerda Wegener. Einar and Gerda were happily married and living as artists in Copenhagen in the early 1920s when Einar started to experiment and increasingly believe he was a woman in a man's body.
I won't say much more as I think this is a good one to go into not knowing the story. I found it very engaging and think this film is excellent and well worth seeing. It's not perfect, but still worth a look. (For example, I personally would prefer they were speaking Danish with subtitles than in English but hey, I'm a wowser like that.)
Eddie Redmayne (who you might recognise from his Oscar winning performance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything) is Einar and Lili and is wonderful and utterly believable. His wife, who is obviously in a very complex situation indeed, is played by Alicia Vikander who is also excellent in this.
For more, check out this four star review in The Telegraph UK.
Trailer here.
In cinemas January 28.