Ludo's twenty-third pair of chromosomes is XY, but he thinks he should be a girl, but something went wrong when he was born. So he cherishes all the dreams that society tells little girls to have: to dress up, play with dolls, and marry the little boy he likes.
So if you think Ludo's feelings for Jérôme are same-sex feelings, then you're making the same mistake as everyone else in the film: you think Ludo should be a boy.
Ludo's pain comes from the stubbornness of those around him that he is a boy, just as he stubbornly thinks he is a girl. But he's not wrong, this kind of thing called "gender disorder" is not a disease like homosexuality. He goes against mainstream opinion, but he doesn't hurt anyone, so what's wrong with him. The so-called "correction" is causing him great pain, and it's inhumane, like you have to turn a left-handed child into a right-handed, or you have to force an atheist to convert to Christianity. Why can't we understand and accept it?
So I feel sad when other comments say Ludo is "disturbing".
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