Something Must Break (Nanting maste ga sonder)

I think a lot about invisibility. How we're not seen for who we are without having to say explicitly who we are. There are moments in this where Andreas' reaction to Ellie painfully illustrates that, where we are on the verge of being seen, on the verge of just a little…

Sally Jane Black

The something in the title is actually referring to my heart

•lily•

Something Must Break is a rare film in queer cinema: it's very much a queer film that can't be defined by labels. There's no explicit mention of defined sexuality nor identity, but rather a vague ambiguity that allows for fluidity, for flexibility, something that makes it…

reibureibu

Much have happened since 1999 when the movie Boy's don't Cry came out, but in some aspects nothing has happened. Not enough has happened. Something Must Break is a reminder of all of this. Saga Becker, the woman playing Sebastian in this movie, is the first transgender…

Terése Flynn

To walk on a path of blood-covered roses. How a film can empower and hurt so much at the same time perplexes me, but I needed this in my life.

DungeonSkramz

Just a few notes from the Tribeca Film Festival. No time for a proper review. Something Must Break is an LGBT film about a transgender woman. I really liked how the characters were presented, especially the main character Ellie. She isn't confused about who she is like…

Cindy T

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Joyyy

Something Must Break? That something is me. I am broken.

Eliza

2014 Ranking Saga Becker, what a performance! Beautifully made, sensitively handled film about Sebastian, a transgender teen who all of a sudden finds herself in a bittersweet, difficult romance. It’s rather sweet in its lightest bits and suitably dark and heartbreaking in…

CalvinLaw