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XXY

Argentina, Spain, France

2007

86 Min
Color
1.85:1
Spanish
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DIR Lucía Puenzo

EXEC Fernando Sirianni, Miguel Morales

PROD José María Morales, Luis Puenzo

SCR Lucía Puenzo, Sergio Bizzio

DP Natasha Braier

CAST Inés Efron, Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Martín Piroyansky, Lucas Escariz, Luciano Nóbile, Germán Palacios

ED Hugo Primero, Alex Zito

PROD DES Roberto Samuelle

MUSIC Andrés Goldstein, Daniel Tarrab

SOUND Fernando Soldevila

Cannes (Semaine de la critique): Critics Week Grand Prize, Grand Golden Rail, Edinburgh (Rosebud): New Director's Award, Toronto (Discovery), São Paulo (International Competition), Birds Eye View, Outfest (International Dramatic Features): Grand Jury Award, Miami, Queer Lisboa (Competition)

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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

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Cristiano

1Nov11

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

Cristiano

1Nov11

Avercene di film così

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marco

14Oct11

Beautiful. Devastating. An important film about hermafroditism and angels fallen on earth.

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Rodrigo

9Jul11

Filme interessante, mas faltou explorar mais profundamente a problemática vivida entre os personagens.

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By Ekin on September 14, 2009

Actually, indeed does the name of the film XXY have to do with the topic of intersex. (Something mentioned in an earlier comment.)

XXY are the sex chromosomes that hermaphrodites have…  read review

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By defined​ivine on August 21, 2009

Are we really who others think we are? Do we need to be ashamed of ourselfs because of the naturality that we dont have influence on to? Can family help with develping personal identity or demolish…  read review

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