FITTING IN Movie - MRKH syndrome

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FITTING IN Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: A joyful, comedic drama, from writer/director Molly McGlynn, Fitting In is a coming-of-age story that follows 16-year-old
Lindy (Maddie Ziegler) who is unexpectedly diagnosed with a reproductive condition, MRKH syndrome. The diagnosis
upends her plans to have sex, her presumptions about womanhood and sexuality, her relationship with her mother, and
most importantly, herself.
A semi-autobiographical feature written and directed by Molly McGlynn (Mary Goes Round), Fitting In stars Maddie
Ziegler, Emily Hampshire, Djouliet Amara, D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, and Ki Griffin. The feature film is produced by Jennifer
Weiss and Liane Cunje, and executive produced by Janelle Monae, Mikael Moore, Molly McGlynn, Brenden Brady, Adrian
Love, Laurie May, James Huntsman, and Lisa Gutberlet
Transcript
00:00 And are you sexually active now?
00:02 I do sexual things.
00:04 But not like...
00:05 yet.
00:08 [SIGHS]
00:10 Okay, then you are in fact sexually active.
00:13 Cool.
00:14 He's had his eyes on you since the first day you moved here.
00:19 My name is Adam.
00:20 Nice to meet you, Adam.
00:22 He seems adorable.
00:23 So, I'm gonna have a free house if you wanna have a sleepover.
00:26 Sleepover, sleepover.
00:27 You've had sex before, right?
00:28 Um, it's like not really that big of a deal.
00:30 It's just like D and V.
00:32 [GROANS]
00:33 Are you on birth control?
00:35 No.
00:36 Let's fix that.
00:37 Now then, what's the date of your last period?
00:38 Uh, I haven't gotten it yet.
00:40 I'm just starting to wonder, do you wanna go see a gynecologist?
00:43 I'm sure it's fine.
00:44 Mom!
00:45 Lindy appears to have MRKH syndrome.
00:48 What is that?
00:49 It's a congenital disorder resulting in Lindy being born without a uterus, cervix, or vaginal canal.
00:55 But the vagina really is just an amazing muscle.
00:59 You're just going to have to stretch it out.
01:01 Start off with this little fella.
01:04 You know, and then you work your way up sort of to this guy.
01:07 That's the dream there.
01:08 Just think of this like vagina boot camp.
01:12 What do we have here?
01:14 Are these butt plugs?
01:16 [MUSIC]
01:23 [GROANS]
01:25 I'm Jax, and I'm intersex.
01:27 To own who you are is up to you.
01:29 No one should ever make you feel ashamed of that.
01:31 Oh, and I am mad dates too, so don't worry about that.
01:35 I just want you to feel like a normal teenage girl.
01:41 I'm not normal.
01:42 Stop trying to fix everything.
01:44 I'm pissed and sad I can't have a kid.
01:48 I'm pissed I can't complain about my period.
01:52 Being 16 is just bloody hell, isn't it?
01:55 [MUSIC]
02:00 Uh, well, I'm going to let you unpack all of that.
02:05 ♪ Sweet ♪
02:06 [BLANK_AUDIO]