1. Extended thoughts on XXY - The Delirious Dramaturg - WordPress.com
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Movie narratives hardly leave room for female stories, much less stories of people that exist beyond the gender binary. People that I never knew existed until late in my college education. The worl…
2. XXY Review - Iridium Eye Reviews - WordPress.com
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AKA: N/A Genre: Coming of Age/Drama Year Released: 2007 Distributor: Film Movement Origin: Argentina/Spain/France Running Time: 87 minutes Rating/Recommended Audience: 17+ Related Films/Series:…
3. Puenzo's 'XXY' Highlights the Flaws in Society's Tendency to Classify and ...
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Set on the Uruguayan coast, Lucía Puenzo’s XXY (2007) tells the story of a 15-year-old intersex person, “Alex” (Inés Efron), who has been living as female and suppressing the development of masculine features with medication. At the start of the film, she has stopped taking this medication and begins to explore her sexual identity while trying to cope with the difficulties that come with living outside of the classifications that society assigns us.
4. XXY (2007) - Movie Reviews Simbasible
Nov 29, 2018 · The rape scene was not good at all and it was too graphic whereas the sex scene, though important, still felt overly graphic for me and overly ...
5. XXY | Rotten Tomatoes
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Alex, a 15-year-old girl with both male and female sexual organs, begins to explore her sexuality. Her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires and their 16-year-old son Alvaro to visit them at their house on the gorgeous Uruguayan shore. Alex is immediately attracted to the young man, which adds yet another level of complexity to her personal search for identity and forces both families to face their worst fears.
6. XXY (2007) - The Best Movies You've (Probably) Never Heard Of
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As most of you by now know, North Carolina recently passed a law barring transgender people from using public restrooms that correspond with the sex they identify with. The rationale for thi…
7. XXY (2007) Movie Review from Eye for Film
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The potential for this film to go very wrong was great. After all, hermaphroditism – more commonly referred to as intersexuality these days – is a subject that could easily end up being played for its ‘freak’ value. That XXY explores the issue carefully from the emotional viewpoint, without being exploitative makes it all the more remarkable when you consider that this is Lucía Puenzo’s directorial debut.
8. XXY - Bechdel Test Movie List
Sep 8, 2010 · The mood and music are both intensely sad and very sensitive. Suli is very emotional. Erika was sympathetic and Ramiro is concerned about Alex's ...
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9. XXY (2007) directed by Lucía Puenzo • Reviews, film + cast - Letterboxd
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Alex, an intersexed 15-year-old, is living as a girl, but she and her family begin to wonder whether she's emotionally a boy when another teenager's sexual advances bring the issue to a head. As Alex faces a final decision regarding her gender, she meets both hostility and compassion.
10. Why So Serious? – XXY - Thoughts on Films
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“Delicious,” I thought to myself as I watched the mother cut up the carrots. She was doing so with a fair amount of anger, and sadness both at the same time. “Absolutely delicious.” That may appear…
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Several other Argentinian films deal with gender identity issues, whether The Last Summer of La Boyita (2009) or Puenzo’s other work like The Fish Child (2009). The review here is of her earl…
12. XXY (2007) - Turner Classic Movies - TCM
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For just about everybody, adolescence means having to confront a number of choices and life decisions, but rarely any as monumental as the one facing 15 year-old Alex who was born an intersex child. As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for...
13. Weekend Movies: Five Reasons to Watch XXY
Sep 21, 2017 · Here are five reasons to watch the film. #1 – A look at being intersex as a child. There's a world of difference between transgender and intersex.
The experience of the intersex individual is one that I will never get to have. That’s why there are films like Lucia Puenzo’s XXY, a 2007 French-Argentinian-Spanish film. The title is a reference …
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Nov 10, 2016 · Klinefelter syndrome (XXY) is a common yet significantly underdiagnosed condition with considerable medical, psychological and social implications.
Klinefelter syndrome (XXY) is a common yet significantly underdiagnosed condition with considerable medical, psychological and social implications. Many health care providers lack familiarity with XXY, resulting in medical management challenges and a ...
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This slow-paced but emotionally intense film is a boldly confrontational and insightful window into growing up intersex. Director/s. Lucía Puenzo. Cast (in ...
Sensitive drama about Alex, a 15-year-old intersex person, who cannot be physically characterised as male or female but has been living as a girl.
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Mar 4, 2015 · There are other aspects of the syndrome, such as emotional and cognitive delays, personality problems, weak muscles and a tendency to develop ...
Have you ever heard of Klinefelter Syndrome? Neither had I until last week. It’s relevant here because men who have it are usually sterile. Klinefelter occurs when a male baby is born with an extra…