For just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely any as monumental as the one facing 15 year-old Alex (Ines Efron), who was born an intersex child. As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for a visit at their house on the gorgeous Uruguayan shore, along with their 16-year-old son Álvaro (Martin Piroyanski). Alex is immediately attracted to the young man, which adds yet another level of complexity to her personal search for identity, and forces both families to face their worst fears. –Film Movement
Devastante pensare che ci possa essere qualcuno che si trova a dover affrontare scelte, spesso forzate o non deliberate, che in un modo o nell'altro lo porteranno a perdere irrimediabilmente una metà di se stesso. Siamo dalle parti di un'amputazione forzata di braccia e gambe. Consigliatissimo
Filme interessante, mas faltou explorar mais profundamente a problemática vivida entre os personagens.
Actually, indeed does the name of the film XXY have to do with the topic of intersex. (Something mentioned in an earlier comment.)
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