XXY (2007)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Lucía Puenzo

Writers:

Sergio Bizzio (short story "Cinismo")
Lucía Puenzo (writer)

Release Date:

2 May 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

This is the dramatic story of a 15-year-old hermaphrodite. She lives with her parents, who have to cope with the challenges of her medical condition. |

Plot Keywords:

Hermaphrodite | Surgery | Androgyny | Broken Nose | Rape Attempt

Awards:

20 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Ricardo Darín	...	Kraken
Valeria Bertuccelli	...	Suli
Germán Palacios	...	Ramiro
Carolina Pelleritti	...	Erika
Martín Piroyansky	...	Alvaro
Inés Efron	...	Alex
Guillermo Angelelli	...	Juan
César Troncoso	...	Washington
Jean Pierre Reguerraz	...	Esteban
Ailín Salas	...	Roberta
Luciano Nóbile	...	Vando
Lucas Escariz	...	Saul

Also Known As:

XXY (International: English title) (UK) (USA)

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

Argentina | France | Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Italy:VM14 | Canada:14A | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | France:Unrated (with warning) | Brazil:16 | Ireland:16 | Norway:11 | UK:15 | Hungary:16 | Belgium:KT | Australia:MA (2008) | Taiwan:R-18 | Germany:12 | New Zealand:R16 | Poland:15 | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Piriápolis, Maldonado, Uruguay

Company:

Historias Cinematograficas Cinemania

Trivia:

On September 27, 2007, XXY was chosen to represent Argentina at the Oscars, for the Best Foreign Language Film category. In a rare sweep, it was also chosen to represent Argentina at Spain's Goya Awards, for Best Foreign Film in Spanish. The tradition has been for two separate films to be sent to one of the awards each. The runner-up this year, in both cases, was La señal (2007), also starring (and co-directed by) Ricardo Darín.

Both

When I first saw The Wicker Man I thought it was game over, a film so mesmerising it could never be equalled, all these years later I still think its the greatest film ever made, but grudgingly admit there is still some point to the movie industry shuffling on. XXY is one of those points. Whenever minorities are the subject of a film, people drone on about it being 'powerful', 'moving' and other terribly worthy things, XXY is - at it's heart - simply a beautiful story told beautifully, if you want to make it more, thats fine, but don't bore me with your platitudes. Ines Efron and Martin Piroyansky are the superb summit of a superb cast and if you've never even thought of Uruguay before, Lucia Puenzo will make you rightly ashamed. XXY makes you want to treat people a little better than you do. And learn everything all over again.