Gen (2025 film)

{{Short description|Documentary film}}

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| director = {{ill|Gianluca Matarrese|fr||it}}

| writer = Gianluca Matarrese, Donatella Della Ratta

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| released = {{Film date|2025|01|24|2025 Sundance Film Festival|ref1={{Cite web |date=2025-01-27 |title=Review: GEN_ |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/472787/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Cineuropa |language=en}}}}

| runtime = 104 mins

| country = France, Switzerland, Italy

| language = Italian, English

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Gen_ is a 2025 documentary film directed by {{ill|Gianluca Matarrese|fr||it}} about transgender healthcare, including medical transition and the discrimination faced by transgender communities. The film follows several months in the life of Dr. Bini, a fertility and hormone specialist "whose job comes with navigating both his patient's personal lives, and the conservative legalese by which they're bound."{{Cite web |last=Adlakha |first=Siddhant |date=2025-01-27 |title='GEN_' Review: A Zany Italian Doc on Transgender Healthcare |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/gen_-review-1236285816/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Nussen |first=Gregory |date=2025-01-25 |title='GEN_' Review: Kindness as Resistance |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/gen-review-gianluca-matarrese/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=Slant Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Mehta |first=Ritesh |date=2025-01-31 |title='GEN_' Review: An Endearing Italian Doctor's Wondrous Crusade to Ensure 'Human Variety' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/gen_-review-sundance-1235090811/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}

The title of the film refers to the prefix related to terms that the film's lead character deals with in his work: genes, genitals, gender, genetics.