XXY
| Director: Lucia Puenzo Year: 2007 Country: Argentina Rating: 14A Length: 86 minutes Language: Spanish (with subs) Genre: Drama |
When marine biologist Karark and his wife Suli decided to raise their intersex child Alex as a girl, they left Buenos Aires for the Uruguayan coast in hopes of a peaceful and anonymous life. Now fifteen, Alex struggles with a burgeoning sexuality and an unwanted secret in the gossipy fishing village. Fiercely protective of their child and uncomfortable with her sexual development, Alex’s fearful parents encourage her to ‘choose’ a gender.
Believing she has Alex’s best interest at heart, Suli invites some family friends to visit, with an ulterior motive, since Ramiro is a plastic surgeon that she hopes will convince her reluctant husband that surgery is a viable option. Events take a drastic turn, however, as Alex strikes up a relationship with Ramiro’s introverted son Alvaro – grappling with his own issues of sexuality – setting two families at odds and Alex on her own difficult but defining path of self-discovery.
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Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvimt276vDI
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