XXY (film)


XXY

Theatrical release poster
Directed byLucía Puenzo
Produced byJosé María Morales
Carla Pelligra
Luis Puenzo
Fernando Sirianni
Fabienne Vonier
Written byLucía Puenzo
StarringRicardo Darín
Valeria Bertuccelli
Inés Efron
Martín Piroyansky
Carolina Peleritti
Music byAndrés Goldstein
Daniel Tarrab
CinematographyNatasha Braier
Editing byAlex Zito
Release date(s)June 142007
Running time87 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish
IMDb profile


XXY is a 2007 Argentine film written and directed by Lucía Puenzo. The film stars Ricardo Darín,Valeria Bertuccelli, Inés Efron and Martín Piroyansky. It tells the story of a 15-year-old intersex person: the way her family copes with her condition, and the ultimate decision that she must eventually make as she explores her sexuality.
XXY has received widespread critical acclaim, winning the Critics' Week grand prize at the 2007Cannes film festival, as well as the ACID/CCAS Support Award.[1] It was nominated for eight awards at the 2008 Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards, and was nominated or won awards at a number of other foreign film festivals. It was chosen to close the 2008 Melbourne Queer Film Festival.
The film's title is a reference to Klinefelter's Syndrome, also known as XXY Syndrome, a condition in which males have an extra X sex chromosome. The title has been criticized as misleading by Unitask, an Italian organization for people with Klinefelter's Syndrome and their relatives, since males with Klinefelter's Syndrome do not have female physical traits as the film's protagonist does.[2][3]

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Plot summary

Alex (Efron) is a 15-year-old intersex person living in the secrecy of a lonely house by the sea inUruguay. She is constantly changing schools and longs to be ridden of her tedious life. Her father, Néstor Kraken (Darín), is a marine biologist with a book on sexuality published who lives off fishermen who handle him wounded animals. Her mother, Suli (Bertuccelli), secretly invites a renowned surgeon to her house along with his wife and estranged son (Piroyansky), Álvaro. Alex and Álvaro soon become engaged in a hopeless relationship through which they must decide on their sexuality.

Themes

Alex keeps aquariums full of clownfish. Clownfish are protandrous hermaphrodites: all individuals are initially male, and may later become female. This example of a hermaphroditic organism in nature is repeated throughout the film.
The sea animal motif recurs in the family name Kraken, which is also the name of a mythical sea monster.

Critical reception

The film received generally favorable reviews from critics. As of May 3, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 69% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 16 reviews.[4] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 66 out of 100, based on 6 reviews.[5] The film's U.S. premiere is set for June 242008 at Frameline 32, the 32nd San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.

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