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XXY (2007) 7.2
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Metascore: 67/100
Reviews: 39 user | 83 critic | 15 from Metacritic.com The story of an intersexual fifteen-year-old. She lives with her parents, who have to cope with the challenges of her medical condition. Director:Lucía Puenzo |
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Kraken
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Valeria Bertuccelli | ... |
Suli
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Germán Palacios | ... |
Ramiro
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Guillermo Angelelli | ... |
Juan
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Washington
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Esteban
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Luciano Nóbile | ... |
Vando
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Saul
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In a small coastal town of fishermen in Uruguay, the biologist Kraken works and lives in a house at the sea side with his wife Suli and their aggressive fifteen year-old daughter Alex. When Suli welcomes her former best friend Erika that comes with her husband, the surgeon Ramiro and their teenage son Alvaro to spend a couple of days with her family, Kraken learns that his wife invited Ramiro to operate Alex. Meanwhile Alex and Alvaro feel attracted by each other; however, Alvaro finds that Alex is hermaphrodite and she finds that Alvaro is gay. But the troubled and outcast Alex has the right to choose what gender she wants for her. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Language:
SpanishRelease Date:
2 May 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
XXY See more »Filming Locations:
Piriápolis, Maldonado, UruguayBox Office
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$3,241 (USA) (2 May 2008)Gross:
$46,011 (USA) (17 October 2008)Company Credits
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I have seen many films, mostly documentaries, dealing with the intersex subject and this is by far the best treatment of the subject I have yet to see. Yes, it is slow, especially for amerikan sensibilities that expect everything to be fast and are therefore lacking in nutrition. This film was complicated, textured and went far beyond any form of politically correct treatment. I especially loved the character of the father. There was suffering but it was tempered with joy and humour, rather than tell the tragic story of the hermaphroditic 'victim' or 'freak'. Most intersex people are not allowed to choose what happens to their own bodies and those that are have to withstand severe societal pressure to conform to the either/or nature of the beast and define themselves as male or female. Alex made the choice to be both seem logical and obviously s/He was not going to lack for friends and lovers. A rare achievement and a template for further treatments of the subject.