XXY
Directed by:
Lucía PuenzoCinematography:
Natasha BraierCast:
Ricardo Darín, Valeria Bertuccelli, Guillermo Angelelli, Inés Efron, César Troncoso, Martín Piroyansky, Luciano Nóbile, Germán Palacios, Ailín Salas (more)VOD (1)
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Alex (Inés Efron, Amorosa Soledad, Glue) is a 15-year-old with a secret. What she hides is something that has driven her family to the windswept outer-reaches of the Uruguayan shoreline. Her father, Kraken (Ricardo Darín, Nine Queens) wants what is best for his daughter, yet knows she cannot go on living the life she leads. For Alex is intersexual, yet all she wants is to be left alone, to be herself. Before long an old family friend, who is also a plastic surgeon, is invited to stay at their isolated cabin, along with his teenage son Álvaro (Martín Piroyansky). As Alex realises the disturbing ramifications of the visit, she develops a relationship with Álvaro that is far from conventional... (Peccadillo Pictures)
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A lot of today's movies look like they were made by creators without any problems about heroes who, just like them, don't have real problems, and so they create pseudo-problems. It's just a distorted representation of boredom and consumer society. A typical example in the genre of a film with sexual themes is Shortbus. A film with a strange name, XXY, proves that a film with a similar theme can be made sensitively and with a sense of aesthetics and final catharsis. It's not about some cheap sensationalism, it's about a highly bitter, painful, and laborious process of dealing with a genetic defect and the resulting uncertain sexual identity. Similarly, the issue of homosexuality and tolerance in the field of sex in the 21st century, where seemingly there are no taboo topics, is also addressed there. Many things are only hinted at in the film, but they also prompt reflection. I liked it, even though it's just a small and unassuming film at first glance. Overall impression: 90%.
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