XXY

Rating	NR
Format	DVD
Year Released	2007
Run Time	91 min
Stars	Ines Flores, Ines Flores, Ricardo Darín, Ricardo Darín, Ines Efron, Ines Efron, Martin Piroyanski, Martin Piroyanski, Carolina Peleritti, Carolina Peleritti, German Palacios, German Palacios, Valeria Bertuccelli, Valeria Bertuccelli
Director	Lucia Puenzo, Lucia Puenzo
Color	Color, Color
Editor	Hugo Primero, Alex Zito, Hugo Primero, Alex Zito
Language	Espanol
Subtitles	English

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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