Ma Vie En Rose (1997) (Subtitled French and Spanish)

Fine for older children despite its 'R'

By Phil Weinstein  Feb 11, 2002

It's hard to understand why this very beautiful film is rated 'R'. Ludo -- a 7-year-old boy, who is very comfortable with, and intent on living his life as a girl -- has absolutely no understanding of adult sexuality and no aspect of adult sexuality... is presented in the film. The topic of sexual identity (which children start dealing with at the age of ... zero) is seriously presented, and there is some grief and anger (on the part of adults) around issues of conformity to gender -- with a level of conflict children are accustomed to seeing in the less intense films shown to them. The overall tone of the film is very light, playful and positive.It's rare for a foreign language film that's so appropriate for youth to be distributed in the U.S. -- a film that provides a glimpse of Western European culture, as well as very sensitively addressing a subject which children deal with every day, though which is often confusing.Why is Ma Vie en Rose Rated 'R'?http:/
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