A Boy Like Her: A Personal Story About an Unavoidable Journey

The documentary ,,A boy like her” is about the Icelandic boy Halldor who believed from a young age that he was a girl. When he came to realize that his gender would not change even if he prayed and wished he soon realized that he only had two options in life – to take his own life or to undergo a sexchange.
As a teenager he went through terrible periods and people around him started to ask questions about what was wrong. He did not dare to tell his parents, family and friends that he was girl. He decided to move abroad and live as a girl in foreign countries. At the age of twenty he realized he had to return home and face his past.
With the population of only 320 thousand people, returning home was not easy. Only about 20 icelanders had undergone a sexchange and he wanted to become of of them.

Crew

Directed by

Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
Screenplay

Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
Director of Photography

Ívar Kristján Ívarsson
Editor

Stefanía Thors, Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir
Music Composer

Kristján Sturla Bjarnason
Co-Producer

Bragi Þór Hinriksson
Assistant Editor

Hannes Þór Halldórsson
Color Grader

Eiríkur Ingi Böðvarsson
Graphic Design by

Ólöf Erla Einarsdóttir
Re-recording Mixer

Gunnar Árnason
Research by

Haukur Ingi Guðnason
Stills Photography

Elena Utsova

About the film

Type

Documentary
National Premiere Date

August 7, 2012, Bíó Paradís
Length

62 min.
Language

Icelandic
Original Title

Hrafnhildur: Heimildarmynd um kynleiðréttingu
International Title

A Boy Like Her: A Personal Story About an Unavoidable Journey
Production Year

2012
Production Countries

Iceland
Icelandic Film Centre Grant

Yes
Production Format

HD
Aspect Ratio

16:9
Color

Yes
Sound

Stereo
Screening format and subtitles

Blu Ray with English subtitles - HD QuickTime Prores with English subtitles