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The Boy in the Dress

Russian title: Мальчик в платье
Original title: The Boy in the Dress

Tragicomedy – United Kingdom
Production year: 2013
Movie length: 63 minutes

Director: Matt Lipsey
Writer: Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, David Walliams
Cinematograph: Andy Hollis
Music: Anne Dudley

Movie description:

Dennis, a twelve-year-old boy, enjoys football and fashion. The film shows the reactions of his family and friends to his eclectic activities.

Based on David Walliams’ best-selling children’s book, »The Boy in the Dress« is a celebration of creativity, difference, football and fashion. Dennis feels different – an ordinary boy in an ordinary house in an ordinary street, playing football with his mates and living with his dad and brother, but frustrated by the boring grey world he inhabits. Life has never really been the same since his mum left.
However, transformation can happen in the most unexpected places. Aided by Lisa, the coolest girl in the school, Dennis creates a whole new persona and puts it to the ultimate test – but can a boy wear a dress, and what will the headmaster, his dad and his friends on the football team think if they find out?

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