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“XXY”
Directed by Lucia Puenzo
Spanish with
English subtitles
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.
10 Nominations and
12 Awards
Short Listed for Best Foreign
Language Film at the Academy Awards
RUNNING TIME: 91 min.
RELEASE DATE: 2007
Editor's
Notes:
The
official website of the film
(adult themes) offers a synopsis,
cast, crew and director, photos and
the trailer
Film Movement - synopsis,
credits, photos
FlimCatcher – synopsis,
cast & crew (with clickable links
to info on each one),
View the
FilmCatcher video of the
director talking about the film (it
is in English)
Cinema Without Borders
offers the complete text of an
interview with the director and a
short trailer from the movie.
Spirituality and Practice’s Film
Review
Arts & Opinion review
New York Observer review
New York Times review
Film stills courtesy
of official website
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