Rating: NR
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 05/02/2008(USA
Release Date: 10/24/2008
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Espanol
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 91 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Sexual Situations, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Film Movement
Lucia Puenzo's
drama XXY probes the psychological aftereffects that adolescent transsexuality can yield. With a name easily applicable to either gender, young teenager
Alex's (
Ines Efron) hermaphroditic physiology causes a massive identity crisis and severe emotional withdrawal. The problems create social problems in the family's home of Argentina and virtually force
Alex and his/her sympathetic parents,
Kraken (
Ricardo Darín) and
Suli (
Valeria Bertuchelli) to move to nearby Uruguay, at a point when
Alex wrestles with the throes of puberty. The situation grows increasingly complex when several friends of the family arrive: marrieds
Erika (
Carolina Pelereti) and
Ramiro (
German Palacios), a plastic surgeon, and their adolescent son,
Alvaro (
Martin Piroyanski), whom
Alex instantly propositions for sex. As
Alex battles some local punks who try unsuccessfully to rape him/her (saved at the last minute by
Kraken),
Alvaro finally accepts
Alex's promptings for intercourse and comes to a gradual realization of his own gayness. Meanwhile, the rift between the adults and the youth widens with increasing rapidity.
~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
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