Get the latest gossip
‘GEN_’ Review: A Zany Italian Doc on Transgender Healthcare
A doctor’s endearing bedside manner becomes the protagonist in offbeat medical documentary 'GEN_.'
Directed by Gianluca Matarrese, the film follows several months in the life of the elderly Dr. Bini, a quirky, fast-talking fertility and hormone specialist in the twilight of his career, whose job comes with navigating both his patient’s personal lives, and the conservative legalese by which they’re bound. While it creates an academic remove, it also allows Bini to slowly but surely cross that divide through his numerous conversations as he rattles off facts, figures and options to trans- and cisgender patients alike. However, with laws and political discourse constantly in flux, Bini’s job, and his ability to properly care for his patients, feels in danger, sending him on the hunt for a protégé in a what appears to be a dwindling field.
Or read this on Variety